I should add that my thumb drives are not plugged in constantly. Just typical use of moving files between places, so I have no idea what their powered lifetime would be. On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > wait a second..... seven years? That is about the life span of an HDD! > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> how long do you think one would last with open elec on it? >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Stasinski < >> daniel@genericinbox.com> wrote: >> >>> Still true last time I checked but they use a lot of techniques to >>> mitigate the problem. They write to different locations and I'm told some >>> have far more memory space internally than is available to decrease the >>> amount of writes to any given address. My first USB drives lasted maybe a >>> year at most but I have a few now that are 7 years or older. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> I remember that USB drives used to be good for a limited amount of >>>> writes. Is that still true? >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> | --------------------------------------------------------------- >>> | Daniel P. Stasinski >>> | daniel@GenericInbox.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | Daniel P. Stasinski | daniel@GenericInbox.com