--On Saturday, March 23, 2002 5:39 PM -0800 Robert Brown <shox@shox.org> 
wrote:

> Hi folks.
>
> I just got my Z50 and it looks great. Now comes the difficult question:
> storage. Should I pick up a 340mb microdrive (Currently the Iomega drives
> are going for $135 including shipping on Ebay) or should I spring for a
> 512mb CF card for $182?
>
>
I used a 380cf card for a while, but didn't have enuff room for pkgsrc. I 
just picked up a 1gig microdrive and am VERY happy with it. It seems much 
faster - and it probally is while writing.

You'll need the 1 gig if you plan to play with pkgsrc. I never got the 
cross-compilier to work right. The Z50 is a bit slow, but tolerable when 
building its own stuff. It took it about 5 hours to build openmotif from 
pkgsrc.

You absolutely need the high-cap battery. Since the z50 won't suspend, 
you're stuck with the screen sucking down juice (i keep x going on mine) 
all the time. With a fully charged hicap battery, X and the microdrive, I 
still get about 6-8 hours before I have to recharge. Way better than any pc 
latop that I have.

The Microdrive makes some clicking noises, but other than that is very 
quiet.

-andy diller