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| Thread ID: 49425 | 2004-09-18 20:51:00 | usb pen drives as hard drive | drcspy (146) | Press F1 |
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| 273597 | 2004-09-18 20:51:00 | how long till this happens, i've seen 4gb ones for sale I guess it wont be too long till they get bigger. Whats your opinion on this possibility ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 273598 | 2004-09-18 21:18:00 | Well, there's already Bootable Linux that'll boot from a Thumbdrive, so it only jmakes sense...... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 273599 | 2004-09-18 22:12:00 | they're a ridiculous price at the moment tho. Even the 128k ones are a rip-off. | barmypom (6048) | ||
| 273600 | 2004-09-18 22:47:00 | lol i aint seen any 128K ones but i know the 128Mb ones are less than $30 ........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 273601 | 2004-09-18 22:48:00 | > how long till this happens, i've seen 4gb ones for > sale I guess it wont be too long till they get > bigger. Whats your opinion on this possibility ? homepages.ihug.co.nz |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 273602 | 2004-09-19 01:31:00 | It will happen when the cost of flash memory comes down. At the moment the $/GB ratio is far in favour of standard HDDs. | Davesdad (923) | ||
| 273603 | 2004-09-19 03:46:00 | They are not particularly fast. This might cause a few problems. There is another aspect which is probably the real killer: the number of write operations before they die. ;-) Even if it's a few million, that doesn't take long. :_| | Graham L (2) | ||
| 273604 | 2004-09-19 04:45:00 | > They are not particularly fast. This might cause a > few problems. There is another aspect which is > probably the real killer: the number of write > operations before they die. ;-) Even if it's a few > million, that doesn't take long. :_| Graham, Will not these numbers improve over time. Many H/D manufacturers are working with/towards smaller platters for stability and life expectency. Non moving has to be a viable option if it can be sorted. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 273605 | 2004-09-19 05:16:00 | jsut give it time and it wil happen | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 273606 | 2004-09-19 23:39:00 | > > how long till this happens, i've seen 4gb ones for > > sale I guess it wont be too long till they get > > bigger. Whats your opinion on this possibility ? > homepages.ihug.co.nz and I have been looking at getting a biger drive for the system too, a 1GB would be nice......... |
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