What Storage Media Do You Prefer

[amateurrobotguy]

Cd-R
Massive Storage
Less-Corruption Rate
Fast Read Speed
(Cd-RW:Multiple Writes)
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Write Once
Exposed Data Surface
(Cd-RW:Unstable on some systems)
Little more expensive
Special CD Drives Needed(=More Cost)

DVD
More storage than CD-R
Same as Cd-R from here on.
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More Expensive than Cd-R
Same as Cd-R from here on.

Floppies
Re-Writable
Cheap
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Small Storage
Flimsy
Slow Read/Write

Flash Drives/USB Drives/ Jump Drives (All Are Same Thing)
Fairly Large Storage
Low Corruption
Quick Read/Write
Compatibility on almost all systems
Small(About the size of your thumb)
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Not all systems have USB
Very Pricy(256mb=$40)
Physically locks access to other USB ports.

USB Hard Drives
No Courruption
LOADS of Storage
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Really Expessive

iPOD
LOADS of Storage
Plays Music
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Little Pricy
'Inappropriate'

Whole laptop
Great for multiple tasks
Lots of Memory
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Bulky
Not very rugged


So what do you use to get your robots digital gear around? Personally, I use Cd-R. Just to be careful, I do still use floppies as a backup copy. I would probably get a USB Drive, but they are a little pricy and don't have much memory to justify the price. However, 5 gb is about $126.
It all comes down to how much storage and portability you need. Some might also have to factor in cost benefits. E.G. To just move source files, don't spen $40 on a USB Drive