CF Microdrives - yay or nay?

[ipaqczar]

I'm looking at getting a 2.2 gig CF microdrive for $83. That is about twice the storage I'd get with a regular CF card.

I have a 3950 with a CF plus expansion pack and already have a 1 gig SD card.

That would mean I'd have a very tasty 3.2 gigs of storage with my unit.

Besides sucking battery power - are there real drawbacks to microdrives?

Would I be better off putting programs on the SD card - and movies & mp3s on the microdrive as far as speed goes?

[Menneisyys]

Besides sucking battery power - are there real drawbacks to microdrives?

Not really - recent microdrives are pretty shock-proof.

Would I be better off putting programs on the SD card - and movies & mp3s on the microdrive as far as speed goes?

Yes. All decent media players (BetaPlayer etc) can use even tens of megabytes of RAM for buffering stuff, so you can greatly lower the power consumption.

[stevelam]

A 2.2 gig microdrive for that price 8) where from!!!

[Kowalski]

i still dont prefer using a microdrive.
the idea of carrying moving parts in my pocket doesnt seem right to me
solid state memory rocks!

[G M Fude]

i still dont prefer using a microdrive.
the idea of carrying moving parts in my pocket doesnt seem right to me
solid state memory rocks!
I know what you're saying -- my brain isn't happy with the idea, either, when there are solid state alternatives available (albeit three or four times the price).

But... I keep thinking of all those iPods and iRivers and Archos (etc etc) units out there...

..Hmmm... I think I might order a microdrive... :|