So am I Clint, which is why I mentioned the interfaces available. If you need something portable, be it firewire or usb or e-sata then you can use an ssd. And as you stated below: "All those flash drives and media cards are sensitive to electromagnetic fields. Get too close to one, and your data is fried. That's why I use optical media, and media cards, and HD's. There's solid state HD's out now, but I think they are just like memory cards, too sensitive to EM fields." Peter Kaulback Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote: >> As for electromagnetic fields, hard drives >> can be affected by them as well. > > Sure, but we were talking about convenient **portable** storage > methods other than optical media. ;-) > -Clint > > God Bless > Clint Hamilton, Owner > http://www.OrpheusComputing.com > http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Kaulback" > > Solid state drives are used in the enterprise widely, and are > common in > the new netbooks as well. One prime factor in ssd's is that > they are far > more shock proof than hdd's, try dropping a hard drive and see > how well > it works after, do the same drop with an ssd and your data is > safe. They > have higher average time between failure, near 1,000,000 hours. > > As for electromagnetic fields, hard drives can be affected by > them as > well. Put a hdd next to an electric motor and it will be > affected as it > can slow or stop altogether. The biggest problem I see right > now is the > price, a 128gb ssd goes for over $400.00. Size for consumers is > at about > 250 gb, in the enterprise there are 1.5tb and bigger ssd's. > > Now some great features of ssd's are low power consumption, > noiseless > operation due to no moving parts, error correction, and they > can be > encrypted even when removed from their system (laptop or > desktop). Plus > they have multiple interfaces available: pcmcia, usb, pata, > sata, etc. > > I like the idea of plugging a fast and secure drive into the > pcmcia slot > my laptop that won't suck power or heat up too much. > > It all comes down to proper handling, one doesn't leave > cd/dvd's laying > loose on a desk or the floor, they are kept in cases or folders > to > protect them. Leave a hard drive loose on a desk or near crt > monitors > too long and they won't satisfy your needs, so one uses an > enclosure of > some kind. And you don't leave a memory stick in a usb port all > the time > through successive reboots (though I have run one through a > wash load > and it still works flawlessly). > > Sorry for the long winded rant ;) > > Peter Kaulback > > David Grossman wrote: >> Actually, I'm very optimistic about the future of solid state >> hard drives. >> As you wrote in your other email, solid state technology is >> not ready for >> prime time. That's true. The technology is too new, so there >> are bugs in it >> now. >> >> However (and as opposed to CD/DVD technology) the industry is >> working on >> solid state technology and is trying to improve it. That >> should make a great >> deal of difference in the future. >> >> David Grossman >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> >>> Yeah that's because there's nothing to replace it. All >>> those >>> flash drives and media cards are sensitive to >>> electromagnetic >>> fields. Get too close to one, and your data is fried. >>> That's >>> why I use optical media, and media cards, and HD's. There's >>> solid state HD's out now, but I think they are just like >>> memory >>> cards, too sensitive to EM fields. >>> -Clint >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Grossman" >>> >>> Nonetheless, CD/DVD media has withstood the test of time, >>> and >>> it is still >>> very popular. By now, it should have been replaced by >>> something >>> better - and >>> less flaky. >>> David Grossman ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-