Corsair's new 64GB Flash Voyager USB drive going for $199

Progress is beautiful, is it not? Just shy of two years ago, Corsair blew minds with its ruggedized 16GB Flash Voyager, built to withstand all but the nastiest of drops and hold oodles of quarterly reports for a mere $299. Earlier this year, we saw the capacity double up and the price fall to just $229. Now, the bootable drive has been bloated further with a full 64GB of space, only this one's available right now for just a buck ninety-nine. Dollars to donuts we'll see a 128GB version in under 12 months for around $150, but don't let that sway your purchasing decision or anything.

Read - Corsair release
Read - On sale for $199.99

[gaurav @ Oct 1st 2008 6:58AM]

Holy mama

[yaksplat @ Oct 1st 2008 7:00AM]

If the trend holds true, I'll wait for the 1TB for free :)

[pechorin @ Oct 1st 2008 7:25AM]

maybe then you can put a pair of .doc on it....

[somedude @ Oct 1st 2008 8:14AM]

And by the time you finish writing to it, they'll have the 5GB model out.

[ijyt @ Oct 1st 2008 8:43AM]

He said 1TB not 1GB.

[thatrotierkid @ Oct 1st 2008 9:33AM]

reading comprehension ftw!

[Derek @ Oct 1st 2008 7:01AM]

640k should be more than enough memory for anyone

[Hellaphunt @ Oct 1st 2008 12:06PM]

Yea, if you were a CAVEMAN! Ahhhhhhhahahahahahahaha! Ok, stop.

[faris @ Dec 26th 2008 12:38PM]

sigh... how things change :D

i don't think hellaphunt got the reference lol

[Eric @ Oct 1st 2008 7:20AM]

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1997/01/1484

[Ogo @ Oct 1st 2008 7:20AM]

"Dollars to donuts"..... do people actually say this?

[RobertFoster @ Oct 1st 2008 7:47AM]

Mmmm, donuts.

[y3k.nik @ Oct 1st 2008 9:05AM]

mmmmmm dollar$$$

[Mikeo @ Oct 1st 2008 7:20AM]

That shape is darn suggestive.

[Darth Lord @ Oct 1st 2008 7:45AM]

Perhaps they are giving suggestions for possible hiding spots? not that there is anything wrong with it

[erm87 @ Oct 1st 2008 8:33AM]

it looks more like a hot dog & bun.

my favorite move.

[Kajje @ Oct 1st 2008 10:40AM]

I don't see it. And trust me, I have a pretty sick mind.

[a ham sandwich @ Oct 1st 2008 10:51AM]

how could you NOT see it? it practically RESEMBLES an italian sausage! ;)

[Marko @ Oct 1st 2008 7:22AM]

Let's wait until the price drops :)

[Mic2000 @ Oct 1st 2008 7:44AM]

Is the length of the stick increased or is it just me? I had the 1GB version, but this thing looks much longer...

[Luke D @ Oct 1st 2008 8:57AM]

"Is the length of the stick increased or is it just me? I had the ..., but this thing looks much longer..."

That's what she said.

[ChimericDream @ Oct 1st 2008 12:30PM]

Maybe there is something to be said for responding to all that spam.

[everunman @ Oct 1st 2008 7:46AM]

from $189.99 thru amazon

[iEye @ Oct 1st 2008 8:14AM]

Great! now I can consolidate all my Pron drives into one huge collection...

;D

[Kurian @ Oct 1st 2008 9:01AM]

You must have a very small harddick. I mean harddisk.

[Luke D @ Oct 1st 2008 10:00AM]

I think he's implying his having solid state dic... I mean, disks. Why do or would you use flash drives for storing that kind of 'data?'

[Brad @ Oct 1st 2008 8:17AM]

Man, if they can put all that into a jump drive for 199, why can't Apple scrap the iPod classic and put flash in there? And make a 64 GB iPod touch. Once the touch crosses the 64 GB mark, then they will have my money...

[Kurian @ Oct 1st 2008 8:19AM]

These things, especially the GT versions are faster than most people's harddives.

[Wayne @ Oct 1st 2008 10:07AM]

Have you tried the 16GB GT? It's incredibly slow since they've changed to MLC

[Ryan @ Oct 1st 2008 8:21AM]

it looks like dick

[Harry Wagstaff @ Oct 1st 2008 9:28AM]

Thanks for clearing up all the 'suggestive shape' comments, I was getting confused.

[vbtrash @ Oct 1st 2008 9:56AM]

ok. you guys can stop drooling now.

[nxp3 @ Oct 1st 2008 10:52AM]

I like the size and the price, but why does it have to be so ugly. And can't they make a usb memory stick that has a retractible cap. Need to spend a little money on the case...that is fugly.

[htd @ Oct 1st 2008 9:36AM]

kingston 8G around $20 and corsair(?) 16G $25 after 25 MIR from newegg, good enough for me for now.

[Tom @ Oct 1st 2008 10:49AM]

are you kidding me? Transcend's 64GB were released a month ago

[Harkonian @ Oct 1st 2008 11:05AM]

USB drives have finally become large enough and cheap enough that they can be used as bootable OSs. Now, if only it were straightforward to make OSs bootable on USB drives...

If anyone has good info for creating USB bootable Vista, XP, OSX, Linux, etc. I would appreciate it.

[sirk @ Dec 11th 2008 1:50AM]

visit http://pendrivelinux.com

[Jeremy @ Oct 1st 2008 11:24AM]

In stock at www.thenerds.net for $199.99

http://www.thenerds.net/CORSAIR.CORSAIR_Flash_Voyager_64GB_Flash_Drive_USB20_Portable_256bit_AES_Encryption_Model_CMFUSBH.CMFUSBHC64GB.html

[webon @ Oct 1st 2008 12:04PM]

a buck ninety-nine? that sound more like 1.99$ to me

[Hellaphunt @ Oct 1st 2008 12:09PM]

But will it run...
It's no...
Ooh, cake!

[boilr @ Oct 1st 2008 12:15PM]

in fact, this is on sale at Newegg for $179.99 after rebate.

a seemingly impossible to turn down deal = $19.99 (after rebate) for 16gb Corsair - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233042

[Skorpius @ Oct 1st 2008 12:49PM]

So big, it has its own flash drive on a chain.

[adelossa @ Oct 1st 2008 1:03PM]

And yet you can still lose the cap.

[ssrat_ @ Oct 1st 2008 3:10PM]

Harkonian: I have the 16G and I want to do that, a SINGLE Boot I think you can just copy over not sure.

I need a step by step for a USB with

Multiple OS (winall + linux)
Apps (repair programs + office and other "normal" stuff)
Virus scanner (run from and install)

I have Quick menu builder but I must be stupid since I can seem to figure it out

[wickedpheonix @ Oct 1st 2008 5:18PM]

Portable SSD Backup FTW... not that an SSD needs backing up... :P

[Metamorphic @ Oct 1st 2008 7:16PM]

Looks like a penis squeezed into a vagina.

Subliminal flash stick...

[Kaeruyaki @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:09AM]

Soo.... why are SSD's so expensive, then?