Posted by: Phoenix42
CF laptop? - 05/04/2007 10:31
In the CF empeg thread the page that snoopstah links to show the CF/IDE adapter been used in a laptop. Is this realistic? And if so what are the cons of such a setup?
CF laptop?
Posted by: msaeger
Re: CF laptop? - 05/04/2007 10:36
Posted by: mlord
Re: CF laptop? - 05/04/2007 12:57
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In the CF empeg thread the page that snoopstah links to show the CF/IDE adapter been used in a laptop. Is this realistic? And if so what are the cons of such a setup?
That is actually what many of these CF-IDE adapters were first designed for. Quite feasible, if you don't mind tiny drive sizes (for now). Just be a bit wary when using Linux in this application, as it does like to timestamp the superblocks a bit too often, which will wear out the CF faster than one might like it to do. Running with "laptop-mode" on should alleviate that.
Oh, and on the "con" side, CF cards are *much* slower than real drives, *especially* when writing. Even for the fastest of them today. EDIT: well, okay, the newest fastest cards are about equal to average notebook drives, but only when using special timings that not many (not any?) notebooks actually support in hardware.
Cheers
Posted by: Phoenix42
Re: CF laptop? - 06/04/2007 13:56
Sounds like there is little to be gained other then bragging rights & battery life - not that those aren't good reasons 
Posted by: mlord
Re: CF laptop? - 06/04/2007 13:58
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Sounds like there is little to be gained other then bragging rights & battery life - not that those aren't good reasons
Good reasons, those. Along with ruggedness.
Cheers
Posted by: sein
Re: CF laptop? - 06/04/2007 17:35
...and a bit of silence too if you have a laptop which can keep its fan off when not working hard.