Small form factor large capacity USB stick

[b0redom]

Hi All,
I'm considering getting a Macbook Pro retina as my old one is starting to struggle. I don't like being forced to pay through the nose for replaceable flash storage, however. I'm toying with the idea of getting a large capacity (at least 256GB, but preferably 512GB/1TB) USB 3 stick to use for mass media, steam and anything else which doesn't require super fast storage.

Does anyone know of a large capacity USB stick which doesn't protrude massively from the USB port? I'm thinking a similar form factor to HP's V165W.

Ta.....

b0redom

[NortheR73]

Hi
found just this:
PNY Turbo USB 3.0 Flash Drive 256GB - https://www.pny.com/Turbo_3_0_USB_Fl...P-FD256TBOP-GE
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB/1TB - http://www.kingston.com/en/usb/perso...siness#DTHXP30

[b0redom]

Ta for that, I found those too, but they stick out too far to be unobtrusive.

[Ttaskmaster]

TBH, I don't think you'll find hi-cap ones that small.
I have several small ones and, believe me, they are *very* easily lost. I think that, given how often peoples' sensitive info goes on these, making large amounts of data so easily lost is not high on the list for manufacturers.

[b0redom]

Yeah, me too, but I was after something I could just plug in and leave plugged in. Looking at the form factors and prices, I'll probably just get a USB3 SSD or similar.

[MrJim]

Yeah, me too, but I was after something I could just plug in and leave plugged in. Looking at the form factors and prices, I'll probably just get a USB3 SSD or similar.

One downside of these is that TRIM isn't handled over USB3, I believe. A lot of SSDs do their own form of 'garbage collection' in the background though, so I'm not sure how much of a problem that might be.

[NortheR73]

I use this one - but it is 32GB maximum
Verbatim Nano USB - http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en_...1_0_44136.html