09-16-2002, 07:01 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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512 MB CompactFlash Type 1 for $149.99!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MIS8/jasondunn-20
My fellow MVP Todd Ogasawara found this deal on Amazon, and even with as many CF cards as I have, this one got me excited - 512 MB of data storage in CF format for $149.99 after a $50 rebate, with free shipping to boot? Smokin' - I haven't seen a price that good on a 512 MB anywhere. I bought a 512 MB card about six months ago and paid twice that much! Affiliate link, as always, so your purchases help support the site. Thanks!
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09-16-2002, 08:34 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 513
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Man, I just don't know. My real-world SanDisk SD experience is so slow, not what I'd expected, I really miss the old CF speed. But I bought the industry's SD vision hook line and sinker, and have planned my gadget purchases around this strategy. So it's gonna be awkward going back. Currently I plan to try some other brand SD cards to see if they'll be better, and hope it won't be too long before SD slot speeds in devices become faster as well. But the CF is still so tempting...
I've never tried MS, I wonder if its speed falls closer to (SanDisk) SD or CF?
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09-16-2002, 09:32 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,350
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Originally Posted by st63z
hope it won't be too long before SD slot speeds in devices become faster as well
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if for instance you'd compare a 3800 series iPAQ with a 3900 series iPAQ, you'd notice quite a difference in speed between the two. The SD speed, especially for the larger cards, is quite good enough.
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09-16-2002, 09:42 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 31
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WOW!!! what a price!!! It's a pity that it can't be shipped outside USA... 
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09-16-2002, 11:35 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Compact Flash vs. Secure Digital
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Originally Posted by st63z
Man, I just don't know. My real-world SanDisk SD experience is so slow, not what I'd expected, I really miss the old CF speed. But I bought the industry's SD vision hook line and sinker, and have planned my gadget purchases around this strategy. So it's gonna be awkward going back. Currently I plan to try some other brand SD cards to see if they'll be better, and hope it won't be too long before SD slot speeds in devices become faster as well. But the CF is still so tempting...
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My understanding is that CF will always be faster than SD because it has more bandwidth. Of course, some Pocket PCs have made the issue worse with MultiMedia Card compatability. :-(
And speed isn't the only issue -- the price of of SD is still higher than CF. Amazon is currently selling a SanDisk 128 MB SD card for $64.88, while the SanDisk 128 MB CF card goes for $46.31.
Steve
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09-16-2002, 02:54 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I need a 512 MB SD card!
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09-16-2002, 04:42 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Me, too. What's the deal with projected and available SD sizes, anyway?
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09-16-2002, 07:12 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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SD Availablity
Both 256mb, and 512mb SD cards are now commercially available from a number of venders. 256 almost now commonplace, but you still have to look hard for a 512mb sd card, but if you need one, and are willing to spend the money, they are available. As for projections, there aren't any =-).
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09-16-2002, 09:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 116
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$149 for 512MB?? 8O Jeeez, prices are falling rapidly...I remember when I bought a 64MB CF card for my old school cassiopeia, it cost me $169 and it was a good price back then in the PDA stone age :P
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09-17-2002, 12:42 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 513
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Originally Posted by Marlof Bregonje
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Originally Posted by st63z
hope it won't be too long before SD slot speeds in devices become faster as well
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if for instance you'd compare a 3800 series iPAQ with a 3900 series iPAQ, you'd notice quite a difference in speed between the two. The SD speed, especially for the larger cards, is quite good enough. |
That's nice to hear... But the SanDisk SD card speed itself on a USB desktop reader is soo slow, each file takes a good amount of time to copy/delete, no matter how small it is. As an exercise, try copying your IE Favorites folder to and from an SD and a CF card. I didn't really notice it on the smaller SD cards, but the 256MB SD is very noticeably slow.
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