I knew there was more to the story. Thank you both Jim Eddy and Clark Martin for the info. Guess I won't be dropping down for the 512 Mb card I was thinking about.... well, until I can afford a Cannon ELPH S230/S330 to go with it....
-Ian On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 07:58 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > At 10:26 AM -0500 12/5/2002, Jim Eddy wrote: >> I recall that a problem with CF cards is that they aren't designed for >> constant read-writes that a hard disk deals with. In other words, to >> carry info from one computer to another is OK but not for constant >> use, >> or to use for virtual memory. > > > Any flash memory has a limited number of writes. Reads are okay > though. So using it as a boot disk is okay but VM may be hard on it. > It depends on how many writes it can handle. Early Non-Volatile > memory was only good for 10,000 writes (and some designers didn't > figure so well). AFAIK anything current is good for 100,000 writes > or more. > > Harddisk are also limited but it's based on hours of operation. > Since the disk is spinning anyway and the magnetic media isn't worn > out by writing or reading it doesn't matter how many reads or writes > are performed on an HD. > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
