Well, I'm a Computer Animation major, so it'd come in handy when I render all my vid files and carry the thing to school, rather than having to burn the work and risk having the file corrupted (has happened several times for me and other students as well). Plus, my old zip 250MB thumb drive sucks ass because the damned thing falls apart too easily. All I have now is the chip with the USB connection -- the casing slipped off while I was pulling it out of my comp. some months ago. Other than that, it'll just be used for when my friends and I share media files or art work without wasting cd-rs.