why would something like this be a bad idea?



if i have a spare 140x 4gb compact flash card, and this thing only costs $10, what's the disadvantage? at first i thought a 140x card couldn't compete with a ata133 eide hd, but maybe i'm wrong?

yes, i'm stupid.

5/13/2006 8:21:41 PM

the question is why?

5/13/2006 9:58:46 PM

It's only as fast as the cable going to it...

5/14/2006 12:28:39 AM

I think it'd be great on a carPC or a freevo

5/14/2006 9:42:40 AM

i just thought it would be kind of cool...since the flash memory has no moving parts, and doesn't get hot like an hd does, i thought it might be a cool way to boot a computer...winxp pro installed doesn't even take up 3gb on my computer, so a 4gb card would be plenty...they also have one that is directly inserted into the ide slot instead of doing it like this where you need a cable

*shrug*

5/14/2006 1:27:01 PM