On 25 Jan 2004 at 19:36, Harman Bajwa wrote:
> > Not sure if you want to warn people for that
> > temperature range, but
>
> The links were very good - eye opening. Thanks.
>
> Just wanted to point it out coz 0 CentiG (32 F) is not
> very uncommon, even near subtropics !
>
> FWIW, I would trust a similarly spec-ed solid state
> device more than one that has very minute moving parts
> inside (matter has the annoying tendency to
> expand/contract under temperature variations).
Did you know that those damn things were not spec'd above 1000m or so
either?....:))
(the read/write head relies on a cushion of air, and either the air
inside gets too thin, or the casing expands too much (not sure if
these things are air-tight....one would suspect that, against dust,
but it might not survive air-transport in that case either)
(now I think about it: how do laptops keep working at that altitude?)
> That said, however, the $199 price tag for a 4GB card
> - even if it is a microdrive - is an absolute (and
> real) bargain, and does not deserves to be passed over
> ! Just keep in mind the limitations etc. and not go
> overboard with it.
Well, they are theoretical limitations anyway, otherwise there would
be heaps more complaints from 1D(s) users.
Or perhaps it's just the TFT-screen that can't cope with cold?
(seen the same argument in tests of GPS-units and back-up cameras)
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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