For class on Monday we were assigned to burn and bring a Windows 7 DVD. I noticed that one of my fellow class mates instead brought a USB flash memory drive. He had formatted it to make it bootable and had copied his entire Windows 7 installer to the thumb drive. So why would he do such thing? I asked myself the same question and I've got some answers.First of all, CD and DVD ROM drive read speeds are slow! The time it takes to copy the same files from the average USB jump drive is significantly faster, which means faster install times. That's nice for anyone installing Windows, but especially for those us having to upgrade multiple machines at once.
Another good reason to do this has to do with the portability of flash memory drives. CD's and DVD's are pretty big in comparison. On top of that they require CD/DVD cases to keep from scratching and breaking. Thumb drives are generally very durable and always small. Also, if you buy a large capacity drive, you can even tout around your most essential post Windows installation software all on the same device.
Lastly, you'll be able to pat yourself on the back for being green next time a new version of software comes out, because you can just replace the old version with the new one. No more throwing away old CD's/DVD's and burning new ones.
Nice graphic. You can't say USB drives are durable without a source. I disagree totally with this commitment.
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