Your Computing Life, on a USB Thumb Drive
Why carry a bulky netbook or an oversize smartphone when you can have all the comforts of your own desktop—on any PC you encounter?
Portable apps are what programs should always have been: self-contained and easy to get rid of.
The tenfold speed increase coming with
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 this year is only going to make portable apps all the more worthwhile.
A new version of the PortableApps.com Suite was recently released by developer John Haller.
get the fastest USB drive you can find (and afford) if you plan to run portable apps. Look for one rated with a fast read/write speed, or at the very least one compatible with Windows ReadyBoost, a technology in Windows Vista that stores an extra cache for the OS on a USB drive to enhance system performance
Some flash drives come with hardware encryption, like the
IronKey.
clipped from: www.pcmag.com 