...also, did you see the price? For that I could buy rack of ultrawide scsi storage which spinning at 15krpm. Anyway, my first HDD was 40MB and now in my phone there is a 2GB M2 card which is smaller than the nail on my little finger. Tamas On 5/30/07, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > > How many times can you write to a specific byte? How fast can you write? > > Harold > > > > They are continuously expanding on size, but what about the USB 2.0's > > speed? > > > > Are they capable enough to replace a typical laptop's hdd? > > > > On 5/29/07, Jake Anderson wrote: > >> > >> Peter P. wrote: > >> > I did not know that they got so big (and so expensive). I think that > >> the > >> end of > >> > the hard disk era is coming nearer with this. This disk on key is > only > >> 5 > >> times > >> > smaller than a 'standard' hdd supplied with new systems now. If > >> Moore's > >> law etc > >> > holds in three years there should be TB size flash disks on the > >> market. > >> With a > >> > lot of laptops and portables switching to a disk-less system is a > >> strong > >> > incentive imho. > >> > > >> > http://www.buslinkbuy.com/products.asp?sku=BDP2%2D64G%2DU2 > >> > > >> > Peter P. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Those guys are really expensive too as far as I have seen. > >> I can get 16Gb for ~$200 at the local computer market, I am half > tempted > >> to make up a RAID system for the missus to play her games on out of a > >> few of them. > >> -- > >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > >> View/change your membership options at > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > >> > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > -- > FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com - Advertising > opportunities available! > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist