Zip disks were earlier, in the 1995-2005 decade, by the end of 2000's they were already going towards obsolescence. After the 100 MB, there was the 250 MB and

Zip disks were earlier, in the 1995-2005 decade, by the end of 2000's they were already going towards obsolescence. After the 100 MB, there was the 250 MB and later even came the 750 MB. In my experience they were very handy/useful, particularly for backup use, but they were seriously troubled by the click of death issue. USB 3 came well after 2/4/8 GB USB (2.0) sticks were common enough, USB 3.0 started becoming a common thing around 2010 or later, around 2004/2005 a common USB stick would have been 256 or 512 MB, in a couple years they quickly grew to 1/2/4/8 GB minimum.