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To: Sam Citron who wrote (8287)	12/3/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

The IBM microdrive has a little different market niche. First, I can see how that unit might find some use with press type digital cameras, where you want a lot of capacity for multiple hi resolution shots, without the need to switch flash cards all the time, and where the photographer may be able to carry an extra battery pack to meet higher power requirements. Second, the capacity of the microdrive makes it an interesting alternative for the hard disk in ultra portable notebook computers. After all, 300 or so mb of disk storage is not all that small in a portable, and the power requirements for such a unit would be less than for a standard hard disk drive. Also the small size would make it possible to have even a smaller unit than they now have. If I were a professional photographer on assignment, I would not object to a battery pack on a shoulder strap, connected by cable to a digital camera, and capable of providing enough power for 100 shots, including all kinds of flash, including extension flash. But that is not really the bread and butter market for digital cameras.