Need info on SD Cards

[notnodak]

I recently bought a netbook and am looking to get some SD Cards for programs and files. Is there a difference in the cards, like a fatser one or anything? I have a 16gb Micro Kingston I'm using in an adapter for the card slot now and was looking to add 3-4 more.

[What's_nitro?]

As far as I know there isn't any difference in speed between cards.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

As far as I know there isn't any difference in speed between cards.

There is. A big difference at that. Different types are slower or faster, as well as brands. Will it only take SD cards? Or will it take MS Duo, etc?

[Nard Cox]

Wiki SD

[What's_nitro?]

Well, I learned something today!

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

As far as I know there isn't any difference in speed between cards.

WRONG!
There is a big difference in the quality of the memory as well as specs the manufacture puts into the SD cards. In short, that $10 2 gig Wal-Mart PNY Class 2 won't hold a candle to a Transcend 8gig Class 6.

Speaking of which, without going to the supreme high quality stuff used in proffesional photography, these are the best, I love mine

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820208293

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820208513

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820208483

[BrianG]

Keep in mind that all current SD/SSD memory has a ~100k write life (per "cell"). So after a year or so (depending on usage and how much data is actually written to the device), you can start getting errors from "bad" sectors. Luckily, the firmware spreads the write cycles out evenly throughout the device to minimize this, but it still happens.

Originally Posted by BrianG

Keep in mind that all current SD/SSD memory has a ~100k write life (per "cell"). So after a year or so (depending on usage and how much data is actually written to the device), you can start getting errors from "bad" sectors. Luckily, the firmware spreads the write cycles out evenly throughout the device to minimize this, but it still happens.

Uh, i've had SD that are a couple years old in my digital camera and i've never had that issue. Then again, if your buying "cheap" SD cards, the likely hood of memory failure is more likely but I also would never own a laptop/netbook that didn't have a HDD either.

[notnodak]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

There is. A big difference at that. Different types are slower or faster, as well as brands. Will it only take SD cards? Or will it take MS Duo, etc?

It just says it a multi reader.

[BrianG]

Cameras use SD cards differently than a netbook. Since he's using the SD card in the netbook for programs/files, it may see a lot of write usage. He'll probably get a year or two of life at the least, just wanted to make the point.

[Serum]

What's your initial plan with this extra memory? isn't it better to invest in USB sticks? if speed isn't an issue, just buy whatever suits you. most memory will do 10Mb/s with ease. Keep in mind that an OS like Vista can use the extra memory for boosting it's performance. (Windows Ready Boost) in this case, faster memory will help.

Give me the model of your netbook so I can see what were dealing with here

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

I also would never own a laptop/netbook that didn't have a HDD either.

Isn't a netbook classified as a netbook because it doesn't have a HDD?

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

Isn't a netbook classified as a netbook because it doesn't have a HDD?

Not necassarily

[BP-Revo]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

Isn't a netbook classified as a netbook because it doesn't have a HDD?

No a netbook is classified as a netbook usually just from screen size.

Anything below 13 inches is considered netbook, anything 13 inches above is considered notebook.

I've spent about the last 2 weeks searching if I should get an iPad or a netbook for school since my current laptop is an 11lb monster - Dell XPS M1730.

I decided not to get either since I'm an engineer so we pretty much don't use computers in almost any of the classes (and if we do, it needs to be SolidWorks and a netbook typically won't run that).

For example, here is the netbook I was thinking of getting. It's an ASUS and despite just being a "netbook" it has a 250gb 5400RPM HD, a Dual Core Processor (Atom Dual Core), and a dedicated graphics card (Nvidia ION - basically a 9400M) with a 1366x768 resolution 12" screen (720P capable!).

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...