[NTLK] Finite number of Flash RAM write cycles

[Macbook Air]

The biggest issue with flash card/memory is the controller.  When the controller goes bad it doesn't matter how many write cycles are let on the flash cells, you can't get to it.  Most card failures are the controller especially for the newer cards.

Tom
On Apr 12, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Michael 'Mickey' Sattler wrote:

> On Apr 12, 2011, at 03:22 , Aaron Brigati wrote:
> 
>> Not that it can't happen, but it's not likely.
> 
> 
> It's comforting, but it's completely wrong. Of all the old-world flash ram cards I've used, from the first digital cameras to all my Newtons (from the OMP to the five 2100s), I've had 30% or so of the cards go bad over the 10-ish years I used them. At least two in out-of-the-way places that required some travel to find any source of digital foo in far-off lands.
> 
> While -- on paper -- the risk seems small, my real-world experiences leads me to expect that any particular card may go bad at the worst possible moment, and that having at least one spare card of the same flavor on hand is prudent. YMMV.
> 
> Mickey
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