These two features make them more like a container.

Secondly, they isolate your working environment from host environment. Firstly, they allow you to install (nearly) everything as you like. Yes, they are two different products from different companies, but I would still like to put them together. It is, however, sometimes handy, and I keep some open-source tools on one of my flash drives. Those portable software require modification to software, and you cannot install your own favorite ones if they are not provided. paf.exe format which is actually a executable installer. Most softwares provided by official website is open-source or at least freeware, packed in. is a platform to run and manage a set of portable software. I would like to have my portable working environment, so I've tried several solutions including, MojoPac, Ceedo and U3. USB sticks, and even portable hard drives are still expensive, and I don't own a laptop nor even a desktop computer of my own. You take them as taking your laptops, and all you need to set up your personal environment is a monitor and a set of keyboard and mouse.īut back to that time, computers can't run on our fingers at a relatively low cost. They usually use 5V power from standard USB as power supply, and offer HDMI output. The new sticks are actually a micro computer that equipped with limited but complete and useful hardware and interfaces. People are taking them everywhere without considering it as a heavy and annoying tool, and those USB sticks have evolved into products like Intel Compute Stick. Time passes and notebook computers are getting smaller, lighter and slimmer. They claim to help you turn any computer into your own working environment. The Portable Personal Working Environmentįor times there is some commercial USB sticks that can boot any computer into its built-in operating systems, which are mainly customized Linux and some Windows.

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