I got a 4G SanDisk U3 Smart (USB flash) Drive from Santa Claus this year.
Today, I've been trying it out.

This is truly wonderful. I am able to EXECUTE Windoze Programs directly
from the drive itself. Here's what this gains for me:

1. Eliminates the need for me to drag around a laptop. Instead, I drag 
around
a tiny U3 flash drive, and I can carefully dump unprivate files right 
back into
my U3 drive. Tidy. I have the flash drive on a cable, securely around my 
neck.

2. I am able to carry _MY_ programs when I am working in the field. I prefer
Open Office to any of the infected WINDOZE OFFICE fare. My clients don't.
use OO, so I can't give 'em an invoice from Open Office until after I 
get home.
This way, I use my U3 version of OO to whip that invoice right out.

3. I can check MY email on THEIR system without betraying any of MY 
passwords.
Mozilla Thunderbird is already U3-ready, and its still free, too. All 
the email messages
stays right there on the 4G Flash Drive.


Of course, MPLAB doesn't work on U3, YET. It doesn't appear to be rocket
science to convert it over, though.

Flames appreciated.

--Bob A
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