The U3 platform came on the Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB flash drive I recently purchased and instead of formatting it into oblivion I actually used it. Apps I already used in a portable fashion (on the Cruzer Micro 512MB it’s complementing) like Firefox, PuTTY, and FileZilla have U3 builds, as well as some other ones I haven’t previously used portably like WinSCP and OpenOffice. It’s a pretty slick platform, although I have to think Sandisk was inspired by John Haller’s PortableApps.com work. Looks like he published a similar platform that I hadn’t previously seen or used.
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March 19, 2007 at 6:48 am
Don
I had one of those, but since the apps don’t work on a Mac, I still ended up having to boot into Windows to wipe the partition.
If you change your mind: http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1415
March 19, 2007 at 9:38 am
Psychophil
I tried the U3 thing for a bit but became quickly annoyed that the software left a footprint behind on every system it touched. Thats a pet peeve of mine.