At 02:15 PM 9/19/2005, Frantisek wrote:
Consider this:
http://www.datarescue.com/laboratory/cfcompare/
picture comparison of insides.
Frantisek
Okay, I'm an electronics tech. I looked at that site, and it claims that
with merely a "quick glance" that you can tell that the build quality of
one of those two cards is "markedly inferior". From these images, I sure
can't see that. I even took more than a "mere glance" at the images.
Even in their closeup photos of what they call "welding", I can't see a
"markedly inferior" level of quality. For the record, this isn't welding.
This is soldering, and soft-soldering at that. I also want to mention that
they have magnified what they considered a "bad weld" much more than what
they call a "good weld". This makes fair comparisons by the website
visitors practically impossible.
I'm not saying that the card they call inferior isn't in some way inferior,
but I am saying that I feel they are grossly exaggerating the differences.
They even nag one circuit board for having a "slightly crowded" layout,
which by itself doesn't have any real effect on performance or reliability
at all.
There might be a difference, but it isn't as obvious as they want you to
think it is -- at least, not judging from these online images.
take care,
Glen
