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To: Ausdauer who wrote (10234)	4/9/2000 2:14:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

>>.and wanted to apologize to any Winnebago owners (in particular, used Winnebago owners) participating in the discussion here that may have been offended by the comparison to the PCMCIA type III specifications.<< As long as the Winnebago is about 20 years old, I would call it accurate. But this is the year 2000. We have digital audio players that fit inside a Casio wristwatch. we have digital cameras that fit in your shirt pocket that take better digital pictures than spy satellites from the 1980's. We have handheld Pocket computers whose processing power blows away a professional PC from just 10 years ago. And these devices DEMAND small, tiny, portable storage solutions. Consumers have decided that smaller is better. The Palm V is a great example of this. So too is the Diamond Rio. Storage demands for these tiny portable devices cannot be resolved by arcane rotating disk drives. These mechanical drives take up too much space, consume too much power, and offer questionable reliability and ruggedness. However, solid-state Flashcards like CompactFlash are a battlefield-proven technology, consume very little battery power, and do not add any significant bulk to a portable device. They are the present. They are the Future. DataPlay and Clik are just Plain Dead Meat. Just look at Iomega's DISMAL Clik sales to see what I mean.