We then removed the CompactFlash card and inserted an IBM Microdrive. The same picture took more than seven seconds to write to the MicroDrive. Note that this is probably unacceptable for a professional photographer. I now routinely use an 80-Mbyte SanDisk CompactFlash to store my work on the MobilePro 780. To transfer files to the Armada E500, remove the CompactFlash card from the NEC, slide it into the PC Card adapter, and Bob's your uncle.
Big files transfer nearly instantaneously.
CompactFlash makes life on the road a lot easier. Going from NT4 to Windows 2000 and Active Directory requires a certain amount of planning, even for a small network such as mine. First of all, be sure your NT4 domain is rationalized and in good working order. We did this by using the NT Server Manager to manually force a domain synchronization between Imperator, the PDC, and Creon, a backup domain controller, or BDC, and then making sure it completed properly by examining the event logs of both machines. Then we physically disconnected Creon from the network.