IBM 1 GB Microdrive

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• ASIN: B0000C8YLA
• Item model number: 07N4071
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,408 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 19, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Take advantage of the latest removable disk drive technology by adding the IBM 1 GB Microdrive with PC Card to your ThinkPad notebook or NetVista desktop. This new Microdrive weighs less than a AA battery, has a footprint measuring less than one square inch, and can hold almost 700 times more data or images than a diskette. The Microdrive's very small size and high performance make it ideally suited for applications needing portability and having high data/image requirements.

The 1 GB Microdrive with PC Card uses hard disk drive (HDD) technology to store information. It has an industry standard Compact Flash Type II form factor. The Microdrive's PC Card enables data to be shared among different ThinkPad notebooks and devices. Included with the Microdrive option is a PC Card adapter that lets you plug the Microdrive into a Type II PC card slot, which is standard on most currently marketed laptops and ThinkPad systems. The IBM USB CompactFlash Reader can be used with laptops and desktops for USB connection of the Microdrive. A Compact Flash Type II slot is standard on the new ThinkPad X Series laptop.

Its small size and industry standard removable format (PC Card and Compact Flash Type II) make this Microdrive an ideal storage solution for "go anywhere" computing applications used by today's "go anywhere" mobile computer users. Features

• Compact Flash Type II form factor
• PC card adapter for use in PCMCIA Type II slot
• Hard disk drive (HDD) technology
• Plug and Play removable storage
• Easy customer installation

Product Description

For a world on the move, portable electronic products such as handheld PCs and personal digital assistants (PDAs) have changed from novelty to necessity. And consumer interest in handheld electronic products such as multimedia games, sophisticated global positioning receivers, digital still cameras, and digital phones is growing as well. As the demand for small-scale, fully functional, portable electronic products increases in intensity, so does the demand for greater storage capacity and improved performance. But until now, capacity and performance have been limited by the storage options available.The IBM Microdrive provides breakthrough storage capacity for portable electronic devices in an industry-standard CF+ Type II form factor. The IBM Microdrive allows users of digital cameras to capture more high-resolution photos without the need for frequent downloading of data. Handheld PC users can access more applications and maintain large databases. Notebook and desktop PC users can backup and transport their data more quickly and conveniently.