The solution that works reasonably well for me (YMMV) - 30GB SSD drive in the enclosure. This can be had at ~$60 now, about the same as the stick, but I think it's a LOT faster. Regular external drives seem to be bogging down reading algorithms - I had my regular backup drive there (2.5" size), just to see how it would work, and it really drove me crazy, taking 5 mins or so to read the contents. Now, with SSD, it's pretty decent, a few seconds top.