Memory Card

[Fulvio]

I buy quite a bit of stuff online. And most of the tech stuff comes from T-Mart, because they're cheap, hassle-free and have free postage. They've just added an Affiliate program, so of course I signed up. And then my eye caught this 16Gb card on special for the next 24 hours. So I thought I'd share the link. Its a pretty awesome price I reckon, and you can never have enough storage.

http://www.tmart.com/16GB-High-Capacity-TF-Memory-Card_p133688.html?aid=24966&utm_source=saff&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=self

And no, I don't intend to spam referral links here. But if you do check them out, like what you see, and end up using them, I'd appreciate it if you add the referral tags (the second half of the link, starting with the ? mark) to pages you view. :angel:

[markn]

Buy with this link and Fulvio doesn't get a cut :dodgy:

Buy with this link and Fulvio does get a cut  :yahoo:

That's a good price.

[Fulvio]

That's a good price.

That's what I thought. I had an 8Gb one in my pending order, and tossed it for the 16. :yahoo:

Plus, they all come with SD adaptors, and some even have USB adaptors, which makes them super-useful. Not every machine has an SD or TF slot.

Of course now I need a case to hold all these cards, so I just added this one to my order as well:

http://www.tmart.com/Micro-SD-XD-MS-Memory-Card-Case-Holder-Storage-Bag_p149124.html?aid=24966&utm_source=saff&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=self

[robbiegal]

so what does this thing do?
do you put it in the little card slot?
does it store your gear like a terabite hard drive/flash drive thingee?

I have one of those - it has a usb hub and sits beside my computer
I put my photos in it

just looked at it
it is an expansion portable drive  1TB

[Fulvio]

do you put it in the little card slot?
does it store your gear like a terabite hard drive/flash drive thingee?

Yes. Memory cards, be they SD cards, USB sticks or other forms, are types of storage. Unlike disk drives, which use rotating slabs of metal and magnets, they are solid state, so much more reliable, at least in theory.

The downside is they are also much smaller than rotating media. You can get hard drives up to 4Tb, whereas SSD's (solid state drives) currently max out around 256Gb.

Horses for courses. Removable cards are good for archival or data transfer, and of course are used by cameras and phones. Hard drives are much bigger and cheaper. Both have their uses.

[robbiegal]

so it's OK t use the TB harddrive for my piccies which I add is many thousands

[Fulvio]

so it's OK t use the TB harddrive for my piccies which I add is many thousands

A 1Tb drive should hold something like 2 million piccies, depending on the JPEG compression you use for them.

[czark]

Awesome deal! Great for phones and tablets. Its only a class 6 as per the comments so I'm going to pass on this one. I'm only using class 10 in the higher end gear.

[robbiegal]

so it's OK t use the TB harddrive for my piccies which I add is many thousands

A 1Tb drive should hold something like 2 million piccies, depending on the JPEG compression you use for them.

thanks
they guy at the goodguys said I'd never fill it up with my stuff - I got thousands of photos  but not millions - yet!!

[Fulvio]

they guy at the goodguys said I'd never fill it up with my stuff

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
That's what I thought about my first drive... 30Mb which cost me about a grand. Now I have, at last count, around 25Tb, nearly a million times more, and I'm considering populating this new Mac Pro with four 4Tb drives, which would take the total to 39Tb!

You will always fill anything up, trust me.

[ausjack]

MEMORY CARD, jesus I need one for my head as I just remembered that I need to leave feedbackfor my last wedding set..ooop's, be back soon
gee I'm glad you reminded me with this thread Fulvio :good:

[robbiegal]

they guy at the goodguys said I'd never fill it up with my stuff

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
That's what I thought about my first drive... 30Mb which cost me about a grand. Now I have, at last count, around 25Tb, nearly a million times more, and I'm considering populating this new Mac Pro with four 4Tb drives, which would take the total to 39Tb!

You will always fill anything up, trust me.

Seriously? Gosh
I just checked
 I have used 185 GB but have 745 GB to go
so yes, I will get there I suppose

[Goldseeker]

they guy at the goodguys said I'd never fill it up with my stuff

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
That's what I thought about my first drive... 30Mb which cost me about a grand. Now I have, at last count, around 25Tb, nearly a million times more, and I'm considering populating this new Mac Pro with four 4Tb drives, which would take the total to 39Tb!

You will always fill anything up, trust me.

Please explain then why I can't fill my bank account.........?

[Fulvio]

Please explain then why I can't fill my bank account.........?

Easy. Because bank accounts are actually an abstraction, and hold an inverse relationship to the bank's coffers. The more you fill those coffers, the emptier your account. Its a bit like filling in a hole.. the more you put in the smaller it gets.

[Triggersmob]

Please explain then why I can't fill my bank account.........?

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