Xd or Compact flash card for fuji s9600/9100?

[dhawald3]

Hi

I am planning to buy the 9 Mp fujifilm finepix s9600/s9100.
I will be doing amature photography.

It supports Xd picture card up to 2GB
and compact flash

which one is better to buy?

is the speed of the card is important??what options do I have

I will be buying a 2GB card to start with.