I am a person who needs to carry around a lot of data. I had a 1 Gb jumpdrive which had started to limit me. I was looking around for a 2 or 4 Gb jumpdrive when i saw this one. I immediately got one and so far am happy with it. Its faster than the jumpdrives in terms of data transfer and although bigger than the jumpdrives, its well worth it. Plus its shaped nicely and is easy to carry around in u'r pocket or office bag. The seagate utility that comes with is also pretty neat. For now this is a very good choice if u do not want to carry a high capacity (20 to 40 Gb) 2.5" usb drives where u also need to carry the cable around and on the other end finding a jumpdrive insufficient in terms of storage.