Read this if you want to buy the IBM Microdrive - Get it for half price if you can wait!!!

[wjones]

A Taiwan company plans to release 1.1GB & 1.6GB compact flash card (Type II) soon. It is called CompactStor.
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Why wait for this when you can get the brand name IBM Microdrive?
Of course, the PRICE!!!


<< &quot;The product will ship in third or fourth quarter of 2001 with a target retail price of half of IBM's 1GB Microdrive selling for US$400-500,&quot; said Thomas Su, CEO of Ritek's subsidiary, U.S.-based MicroStor Corp. >>

 

[MrBond]

I'm slightly confused...(cause I have no idea what a microdrive runs)

Will this be $200-250 or 400-500?

If it's $200, I'll be selling my Visor and buying a pocketPC

 

[teknoid]

The IBM micro-drive is selling in the $400 range. I've seen them as low as $350. If this guy will work with my Cassiopeia I'm lookin to have a pretty sweet portable MP3 player along with my PDA. I wonder how the PDA battery will hold up with the drive running?

 

[NFS4]

Repost

 

[corkyg]

Right . . . and when that happens, that competition will drive the Microdrive price down. In the meantime . . .

 

[wjones]

NFS4, I did a search on 'CompactStor' and found nothing that's why I posted