Microdrive Battery Drainage - CF Any Better?

Maggio · 03-04-05, 09:56 PM

Hello. I understand that a Microdrive drains the battery, And according to tests that I read on this forum, it drains the battery quite a lot. Being I have an Hitachi 1GB Microdrive, this comes to be some concern to me. I found a good price on a 1GB CF card. Would you recommend getting the CF card in place of the microdrive, or does the CF card drain a sufficient amount of battery as well?

Thank you!

---Maggio

Camokazi.com · 03-04-05, 10:14 PM

Since MD uses moving parts it will use more energy than static storage, so yes the 1gb CF static memory you have found will use less battery power.

However, I would recomend getting a 1gb SD card, as they are accessed faster then CF in general, and are ussally cheaper, keep your CF MD for other stuff.

Choirguy · 03-04-05, 10:18 PM

I see the future like this:

CF for LARGE bulk storage. SD for fast access.

But let's be serious...read/write speeds of Axims in either case is pretty slow.

Camokazi.com · 03-04-05, 10:19 PM

Not sure what you mean about axim access speed, never had a problem myself... this is a big known issue? (slow access that is)

Maggio · 03-04-05, 10:21 PM

I already do have a 1GB SD card and use both the SD and MD. It is just a matter of will the CF card use a noticable less amount of battery than the MD. As for the CF slot, I don't have anything that needs it besides the cards, yet.

---Maggio

Camokazi.com · 03-05-05, 02:32 AM

Yes a CF memory card will use less power than a CF micro drive.

But considering you can get 2gb SD cards now which are faster then CF that may be your best route if power saving is your main concern.