I wish I had the numbers handy too, but I bet the solid-state flash memory wins by a longshot on both # of re-writes (I think flash generally handles to the order of 10K rewrites) and also phsyical durability/lifetime; flash is also not vulnerable to magnetic fields per se, although static buildup is bad as well as the high-power Xrays used in the checked luggage scanners of airports (esp intl flights), but apparently not the caryy-on scanners.
ciao, Ben On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:06:14 -0500 Linux Rocks ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ..... | I remeber purchassing my first floppy drive (floppy drives(non-linear) | were much much nicer than thier alternateve (cassette tape drive, | completely linear), the drive actually cost more than the computer, but | was way worth it! | That was a long time ago, and ive grown to hate floppys. They often like | to disapoint me. | | I lost my crusty old digital camera, found a new one onsale, it uses CF | cards, and I still have my CF adapter from the old camera. I found some | 256MB cards at costco for $50 each, and together they hold almost a full | cdrom of data, so I can take a buttload of pictures (1024 frames, or about | 1/2 hour of video), and when not using the camera, I can use the cards to | xfer data and stuff... one card holds almost 200 times more data, and is | extreemly fast compared to floppy. One of these days, I'll work on | booting the system from a 256mb card, hopefully by summer. Completely | diskless laptop sounds pretty apealing :) | _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
