Comments on: Flash Computers? http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-56242 Gaius Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:21:40 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/#comment-56242 At the moment my main box has about 40 gigs on its main drive, rather less on the backup. But I store a lot of photo files on a stand alone Ion (Iomega) drive, including system backups for the network computers. If I tried to put everything on this computer it would barely hold it. And it has two large drives. Then again, I'm a packrat with programs and files. And I keep a lot of pictures stashed. Those files get rather large, rather quickly. I shudder to think what a ten megapixel camera would do to my drives..... At the moment my main box has about 40 gigs on its main drive, rather less on the backup. But I store a lot of photo files on a stand alone Ion (Iomega) drive, including system backups for the network computers. If I tried to put everything on this computer it would barely hold it. And it has two large drives.

Then again, I’m a packrat with programs and files. And I keep a lot of pictures stashed. Those files get rather large, rather quickly. I shudder to think what a ten megapixel camera would do to my drives…..

]]> By: Steve White http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-56241 Steve White Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:28:10 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/#comment-56241 My guess: We'll see 'hybrid' models first: both flash and HD for storage. You'll use the flash 'drive' for the operating system and critical files and the HD for your usual stuff. As the price of flash memory comes down we'll shift more and more to that. On my iMac, the system (System folder and root Library folder) is about 15.6 GB. Add another 17 GB for applications and a couple more GB for the User library. So a 32 GB flash drive is what I need, minimum. My guess: We’ll see ‘hybrid’ models first: both flash and HD for storage. You’ll use the flash ‘drive’ for the operating system and critical files and the HD for your usual stuff. As the price of flash memory comes down we’ll shift more and more to that.

On my iMac, the system (System folder and root Library folder) is about 15.6 GB. Add another 17 GB for applications and a couple more GB for the User library. So a 32 GB flash drive is what I need, minimum.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-56239 Gaius Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:56:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/#comment-56239 I'd agree that a lot of people can get along just fine with a small - at least by today's standards - drive. But I'd be interested to see how much space just the operating system takes up in Vista. I think I recall a bare Windows XP install ran somewhere around 5-6 gigs. Ubuntu Linux is around 3 gigs with a full Open Office suite, Gimp photoediting and a whole bunch of standard desktop applications right out of the box, so to speak. I’d agree that a lot of people can get along just fine with a small – at least by today’s standards – drive. But I’d be interested to see how much space just the operating system takes up in Vista. I think I recall a bare Windows XP install ran somewhere around 5-6 gigs. Ubuntu Linux is around 3 gigs with a full Open Office suite, Gimp photoediting and a whole bunch of standard desktop applications right out of the box, so to speak.

]]> By: Victor http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-56234 Victor Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:46:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/#comment-56234 I understand that video and photos can be large. I just don't think most users do those activities and would need that kind of space (I would be interested to see what percentage that is, though). I think most people are just surfing the net which doesn't require much at all. I understand that video and photos can be large. I just don’t think most users do those activities and would need that kind of space (I would be interested to see what percentage that is, though). I think most people are just surfing the net which doesn’t require much at all.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-56225 Gaius Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:04:38 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/#comment-56225 If you use the computer for video-intensive applications, yes. Those files are enormous (8 gigs for a feature-length DVD movie is about average). A lot of graphics are that way, photos and such. I have photo files that reach the 20 gig mark very quickly and I only use a 4 megapixel camera. If you use the computer for video-intensive applications, yes. Those files are enormous (8 gigs for a feature-length DVD movie is about average). A lot of graphics are that way, photos and such. I have photo files that reach the 20 gig mark very quickly and I only use a 4 megapixel camera.

]]> By: victor http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-56223 victor Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:40:54 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/10/flash-computers/#comment-56223 Do most people need the huge hard drives that come with todays PCs? Do most people need the huge hard drives that come with todays PCs?

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