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To: heatsinker2 who wrote (45119)6/25/2001 6:12:55 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
> there's no compelling reason for MD to switch from Intel

Who said anything about switching? Any responsible vendor in just about any market has multiple manufacturing sources.

> The Toolie should be pretty cheap to make as well,
> with a small die size.

Aye, but it'll still *sell* for more than the competing AMD part.

> BTW, for someone who is suffering from some sort of
> despair-induced writer's block, you write a real nice,
> and coherent, message

This is just conversation. Anybody can write/speak well in casual conversation.

BTW, does anybody have any links to independent tests of throughput and power draw of Compact Flash and Smart Media?

-JC