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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kjude who wrote (38140)	12/2/1997 1:23:00 AM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Clik! vs. Flash - a spec comparison. refs: iomega.com sandisk.com Sleep Power Clik! - not listed, but says "Designed to be extremely power-efficient; uses intelligent power management" D2 Compact Flash (D2CF) consumes 0.66-2.50 mAV Operating Power Sandisk Read 105-148 mAV (3.3V) 230-375 mAV (5V) Sandisk Write 105-198 mAV (3.3V) 230-450 mAV (5V) Clik! - Not listed We must wait for the final power specs from IOM. Of interest to the user is how many pictures can be taken before running out of power? Startup Time Clik! spin up time - 0.6 second D2CF - .0020-.0025 second With Clik! you wait about 1/2 the time as for film advance. With Sandisk, no significant wait. Data Transfer Rate Clik! (burst to disk) - not listed Sandisk (burst to flash) - 4000-8000 KB/sec Clik! (sustained) - 500-1000 KB/sec Sandisk (sustained) - not listed Sandisk won't list the sustained rate. So how many microseconds does the "burst" last. Of interest to the user is how long after taking a picture before the camera is ready to take another? With Clik, one can estimate a 2MB picture can be taken about every 3 seconds. Operating Shock Clik! - 100G D2CF - 2000G Non-Operating Shock Clik! - 300G D2CF - 2000G Thus from the above, I see no evidence of any technical superiority D2CF has over Clik! that translates into significant operational convenience, capability or reliability. Solid state will naturally be more capable and rugged than disk, but how much of that is overkill to the average user? I suspect all of it. Price Clik! - $100 addon price for drive, $10/disk D2CF - not listed - I wonder why?