Re: How much do the parts for a thumb drive cost?
- From: "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:10:19 -0400
The only reason hard drives "appear" to be faster than thumb drives is
because the thumb drives are encumbered by the USB interface.
Put the flash memory into a hard drive that accesses the system bus directly
and it would leave a hard drive in the dust. Remember, electricity travels
at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second - rounded off). There is
just no way a mechanical device could ever begin to keep up with that.
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"Ted Zieglar" <teddy.z@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The first part of your question is answered.
As to the second part, unless flash memory technology vastly improves,
flash drives will never replace current hard drives. Hard drives are much
faster, more reliable and more robust.
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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."
Terry wrote:
Are the parts expensive or are we just paying for the technology?
How soon are these going to replace hard drives?
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