Originally Posted by notabook

Very reliable, especially the higher end sticks. No moving parts, much less heat buildup. Much lower power consumption. Compatible with nearly any computer out there. Newer flash memory lasts way longer than just a few generations ago, 20 years+. The old sticks had an obvious limitation on # of times you could erase/write, the newer ones can go well into the millions of times though so this is a little concern these days.