Boot from USB instead of DVD
You do not want to burn a DVD or CD when installing a new operating system or running some maintenance tools? Me not, too! Espacially, when you want to install something large which normally requires an expensive dual layer DVD or even when no DVD drive is available at all, it makes sense to use [...]
Running Virtual Machines from a USB stick
Since I got my 16 GB USB memory stick, which is a quite huge storage amount, I got the idea to make the best out of it and do a performance test. Many disc accesses are usually done with a Virtual Machine, so I put a blank Parallels Windows XP virtual machine image to the [...]
SanDisk U3 Cruzer
My dad made me a very nice gift. It is the SanDisk USB-memory stick U3 Cruzer with a capacity of 16 GB. I was testing it on his PC laptop and it worked fine and damn fast. A very nice feature is the slider, where you can pull the USB-connector inside the stick, so that [...]
Hama USB 2.0 Hub
I really required to have a USB Hub, because the amount of USB devices is growing. My iMac just has only two connectors for USB at the back and that is absolutely too less. Ok, the keyboard has two plugs, but they are just low power supplied, so most devices will not work. At Amazon [...]
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