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Memory sticks (USB drives) water proof? Not exactly water proof, but you can DRY it out. There are no moving parts, and the storage media is deep within the silicone chip, so it will resist damage. The new USB memory sticks are nearly an ideal media; but they do have a limited life, so you [...]

The answer will be part “consumer” based and the other part will be realistic:
Looking out for the consumer answer:
1st thing to consider is the technical support/warranty that the distributor and/or dealer will provide to you. Since laptops on the whole are proprietary and need to be sent back to the manufacturer for hardware fixes, [...]

For wiping all data and make sure nothing can be retrieved, you will have to format the drive several times - I believe its seven times if you want to be absolutely certain that its wiped clean, and that no one can retrieve any data from the drive. Have a look for hard drive erasers [...]