Need info on SD Cards

Originally Posted by BP-Revo

Why do you want to buy so many SD cards for?

If you want portable storage get an external HD. With most of the (decent) SD cards you pay 2 dollars per gig, with an external D you pay about 10 cents a gig. We just got a 1.5TB external for 130 bucks...

I agree

[notnodak]

It's a eMachines em250-1162 with a 2gb Kingston RAM upgrade.

I'm looking at the SD option simply because they are small and do not stick out when inserted into netbook. I also have a couple usb sticks but am just looking for something that fits the case I bought better. I'll probibly just get a couple of 8gb cards.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by notnodak

It's a eMachines em250-1162 with a 2gb Kingston RAM upgrade.

I'm looking at the SD option simply because they are small and do not stick out when inserted into netbook. I also have a couple usb sticks but am just looking for something that fits the case I bought better. I'll probibly just get a couple of 8gb cards.

Why do you need SD cards? Doesn't that thing have a 250gig harddrive? Not sure what you do with it, but try JoliCloud. Its a pretty nice Linux based OS that you can install.

[notnodak]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Why do you need SD cards? Doesn't that thing have a 250gig harddrive? Not sure what you do with it, but try JoliCloud. Its a pretty nice Linux based OS that you can install.

Memory goes fast when Ipods/music/movies/videos are used.

Using SD cards isn't the most cost effective way to add extra space. Ahh, that was a Wal-Mart black friday special, hence why the specs on it arn't so great. Throw this badboy in their. If you fill that up, well, time to get a desktop or external USB Terabyte drive. May not be as portable but hey, you can't have everything

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136314

Hell, this ones on sale right now, go for it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136459

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by notnodak

Memory goes fast when Ipods/music/movies/videos are used.

If thats pretty much all you use it for, I'd get the drive Freeze recommended and just install JoliCloud as the OS. If I remember right, its quite a bit smaller than Windows 7 and should do everything you need. Or you could always do a dualboot, but I wouldn't bother if you don't use it for much other than media.

Originally Posted by squeeforever

If thats pretty much all you use it for, I'd get the drive Freeze recommended and just install JoliCloud as the OS. If I remember right, its quite a bit smaller than Windows 7 and should do everything you need. Or you could always do a dualboot, but I wouldn't bother if you don't use it for much other than media.

Uh, there is no need to install a smaller OS in a 500gig drive.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Uh, there is no need to install a smaller OS in a 500gig drive.

Its just a better OS for netbooks to be honest, and if he filled the 250gig that easy, then a half a dozen or so more gigs couldn't hurt by any means. I mean hell, I have over 500gigs just in movies, right around 50 gigs in music, 30 gigs of ROMS for my PSP, and at least 5gigs of pictures. If he's anything like me he would need every last bit of that 500gigs.

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Its just a better OS for netbooks to be honest, and if he filled the 250gig that easy, then a half a dozen or so more gigs couldn't hurt by any means. I mean hell, I have over 500gigs just in movies, right around 50 gigs in music, 30 gigs of ROMS for my PSP, and at least 5gigs of pictures. If he's anything like me he would need every last bit of that 500gigs.

I linked for a 640gig on sale from WD, unless you fork over some bucks for the 750gig badboy. I'm glad im not a media whore and don't have gigs and gigs worth of movies and MP3's besides my HTPC.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10011295

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

I linked for a 640gig on sale from WD, unless you fork over some bucks for the 750gig badboy. I'm glad im not a media whore and don't have gigs and gigs worth of movies and MP3's besides my HTPC.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10011295

I might just have to get one of those for my laptop...I hate the damn 320gig I have in it.

Originally Posted by squeeforever

I might just have to get one of those for my laptop...I hate the damn 320gig I have in it.

Hell, here's their 1TB drive if your in of need space, but get ready to pony up for it. Also, the 750gig and 1TB are slightly larger and won't fit in all laptops

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...sp?driveid=685

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Heh, if you fill that thing up, I dunno what else to tell ya

I could easily fill it up, but yea, I hear ya...I have a 1TB external, but I don't like to have stuff on it since I don't carry it with me when I take my laptop not to mention its just a PITA in general.

[notnodak]

Well I'm no media whore but my kids and wife are. I just was thinking that if I used SD cards to store movies and files I would save room on the hard drive to keep my little PC faster. I'm not very smart when it comes to computers.
What is a faster browser Firefox Google Chrome or Explorer?

Originally Posted by notnodak

Well I'm no media whore but my kids and wife are. I just was thinking that if I used SD cards to store movies and files I would save room on the hard drive to keep my little PC faster. I'm not very smart when it comes to computers.
What is a faster browser Firefox Google Chrome or Explorer?

http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com/

Also, your HDD read/write speed will go down a bit the closer it gets to being maxed out, but not by a huge percentage. Important thing is to keep it defragmented to help minimize drive performance loss. Use this around once or twice a month depending on how much stuff gets moved around on your HDD

http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/

If you feel comfortable, you can tweak your HDD and OS settings to maximize your HDD performance

http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/optimize.aspx

http://www.blifaloo.com/info/winxp_speed.php

And yes, I do this for a living