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Mobile Capacity in a Flash

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Published: Apr 15, 2002

Updated: Feb 2, 2021

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As computer systems grow more powerful and their uses more varied, so, too, grows their demand for storage—this holds as true for handheld computers as it does for servers and workstations.

SanDisk helps satisfy the storage needs of handheld and mobile computers with its gargantuan 1GB CompactFlash card.

At $800, the new SanDisk offering doesnt come cheap, particularly when compared with IBMs $300 1GB Microdrive. What the SanDisk CompactFlash card gives up in financial thrift, however, it helps make up in battery-life savings. With no moving parts, flash-based storage like that of the SanDisk card can keep mobile workers working longer between charges.

Check out www.sandisk.com for more information.

Jason Brooks

As Editor in Chief of eWEEK Labs, Jason Brooks manages the Labs team and is responsible for eWEEK's print edition. Brooks joined eWEEK in 1999, and has covered wireless networking, office productivity suites, mobile devices, Windows, virtualization, and desktops and notebooks. Jason's coverage is currently focused on Linux and Unix operating systems, open-source software and licensing, cloud computing and Software as a Service.

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