USB sticks are the rage of IT professionals everywhere and even the average
Joe can be found with them on his key ring. But most
of these sticks don’t have the capacity for some real, hardcore work. You
know, multiple OSes, Service Packs, and a half dozen
utilities to bail you out in a real emergency. Nope, those sticks just stick
it to you when the need is there.

Well, cry no more, IT Pro! Seagate has answered your groans. Taking a queue
from IBM’s MicroDrive (now Hitachi), Seagate has gone a
step beyond and attached a USB 2.0 cable to their itty-bitty drive and put it
in a nice little case for easy travel in your pocket.
No CompactFlash Adapter needed, baby!

Now, while Tom’s
Hardware Guide complains of the cheap case,
it does love the space and the extras Seagate packs onto this little gem.
Knowing most buyers of this will of be of the IT
fold, Seagate includes a software toolkit that has the ability to create
a bootdisk and partitions as well as allow you to
do simple formatting and restoring tasks. And don’t worry, no drivers or
external power sources are needed! All that is required
is a USB (1.1 or 2.0) port. Couldn’t be any better than that, huh Leroy?

If you’re beside yourself and need one of these bad boys now, then grab
two bills and get that 5GB drive now. If that’s a bit
high, then you can downgrade to the 2.5GB Pocket Hard Drive for a mere US$150.
Either way, you’ll pounce on those USB stick weenies!

Kiddies, get this on your Christmas list now; it’ll be out in early December.