[geeks] Serial ATA

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Friday, August 16, 2002 at 10:54:24 (-0400), Joshua D Boyd wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Serial ATA
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 09:51:02AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 09:14:35AM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > Still, IDE drives always seem so ... cheap and dinky compared to SCSI
> > > drives. 
> > 
> > The only difference is the controller electronics.
> 
> Then why has no IDE drive I've ever seem had the weight and noise output
> of my Barracudas?

Because you never saw/heard/hefted the same Barracuda ATA model?!?!?!?
(eg. the ST320011 vs. the ST318418; or maybe the ST340016 vs. the
ST336918.  The latter pair have almost exactly the same internal specs,
and on the former pair the SCSI version seems to have slower internal
transfer rates)

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