More on CFHD
Londo,
I appreciate your comments, and am in total agreement with you on, "When you have a device that forces people to open up their computer cases......." . I also agree that the device would be slow, but that depends on your reference. Compared to a hard drive, it would be slow, but compared to a floppy or a CF card in an ImageMate, it would be fast.
I really didn't have the hobbyist in mind when I wrote my letter to SanDisk. In the letter I mentioned the possibility of having a company such as Dell or Gateway offer the device as an option for their PCs.
SanDisk already sells such a device, the FlashDisk. The main difference between the FlashDisk and the CFHD is that upgrading with the latter merely means powering down, inserting a new CF card from the front of the PC, and re-booting.
But, the real advantage to the CFHD, assuming hot swapping, would be quickly getting photographs from the camera onto the PC. The CFHD could completely replace the ImageMate.
Two disadvantages, as things stand now, are the inability to hot swap, and the need to use another of the scarce IDE connectors in the PC.
Regards,
NHP |
