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To: TREND1 who wrote (12110)	6/20/2000 3:08:00 PM
From: Tumbleweed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Is this Dan Gillmor all wet ? He seems to think cameras will love this new small IBM disk drive. Please tell me he is all wet and WHY ! We've covered this previously, but here is the basic problem (and lets forget all the reliability/power etc arguments). 2MPixel camera with say 16MB CF card, $500. 2MP camera with IBM drive $1000 ($500 +$500) 3.5MP very capable Nikon camera with all the bells and whistles, 16MB CF, $1000. 99% of people will buy either (1) or (3), ie buying to a price point, or buying features. Not many will buy lack of features and high price. In the long run of course, if you buy lots of CF cards, the IBM may work out cheaper, but you are going to notice the extra $500 up front. Whereas a $50 -$100 CF purchase every now and again can get past the keeper of the household budgets, if you see what I mean <g> . Joe

To: TREND1 who wrote (12110)	6/20/2000 3:14:00 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Larry, I'd suggest doing a "this thread only" search on this thread, with "microdrive" as your keyword. But here is one post to look at first: Message 13476093 Too much power consumption and too little reliability are two of the main problems, in addition to what Joe points in the previous message. It looks like IBM is trying to address the former problem with their new 1 gig drive, though whether they address the second only time will tell.