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To: Starlight who wrote (13658)	8/6/2000 10:10:51 PM
From: The Prophet	Respond to of 60323

I agree that this is a legitimate fear, Betty, and I have been seeking SNDK's position on this for a while. I will post the response once I receive it. Prophet

To: Starlight who wrote (13658)	8/6/2000 10:37:52 PM
From: Michael Kim	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

We should also remember that memory demand always goes up. As more space is available in a standard configuration, applications get bigger and bigger. I remember when our office installed a 40mb hard drive in the "pool PC" - "Man, 40 megs, how are we ever gonna fill that thing up?!" Yeah, right, many game applications exceed that size nowadays. Memory size will never be fixed, because we will always outgrow it. This could mean that there will always be a need for that flexible, scalable, removable memory to handle transport or data storage with the added benefit of physical security. BTW, I'm surprised that there are no comments re: SanDisk rebates! Message 14171443

To: Starlight who wrote (13658)	8/6/2000 10:42:30 PM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

"I think some day portable devices will have fixed storage, plus a removable storage slot -- just like we have on computers now. " Betty, I think that is a very accurate assessment. I think of PC's as follows. You have any number of software applications that you use to create unique, personal files. In the old days these files were transported by means of floppies, Zip discs and the like. The were created on "The Mother Ship" also known as the desktop PC. The hard drive was a place you could load all your software needs without caring too much about space constraints. Floppies were mostly tiny projectiles chocked full of critical data for dissemination. Data flowed outward from The Mother Ship. The Post-PC Era is a bit different. Think of how a digital camera or a handheld PC with a barcode scanner or a cell phone might work. You capture your digital photo, collect your client data or download voice/e-mail messages directly to memory. The memory you use for this function has space constraints. You use it wisely and sparingly. If something is of little value you delete it and make room for something more important. If something is crucial then you sync it with your PC, The Mother Ship, for archival purposes. Post-PC devices are like small space shuttles capable of sustaining life on their own. They create data in small, vital chunks. The PC in this instance is more like a safety deposit box or repository. Data flows inward to The Mother Ship. The PC also maintains contact with other interplanetary destinations like ISP's, corporate networks and the like. These links are equally vital for survival. I imagine the Post-PC world will be full of small, life-sustaining satellites hopefully loaded up with flash memory, both removable and embedded. The desktop PC environment will be like "Mission Control" with totally different requirements and purposes. All IMHO. No money exchanged hands in the creation of this post. Ausdauer

To: Starlight who wrote (13658)	8/7/2000 6:14:18 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Respond to of 60323

Elizabeth, re: "some day portable devices will have fixed storage, plus a removable storage slot." In a way, that day has already come. The Nikon 990 comes with 32MB of internal memory to compress large bitmaps and to support "best shot selection" (where several images are captured at high speed and then only the sharpest one is written to flash). It would be far better if cameras could take numerous images at high speed and then let the user sort out the "best shot" on his PC ...based on human taste rather than just sharpness. Some digital video cameras can do this now, but the one's I've read about are limited to 640x480. To handle this task properly, we'll need huge internal camera buffers and huge removable cards too. Craig