At 11:11 AM -0600 2/23/01, Peter Liethen wrote:
> > I agree with both opinons. Peter is right in that it would be killer to
>> have access to PCI slots in a tower case. Maybe they could make an
>> interface for those external PCI chassis that Steve uses as a reason to
>> limit the G4 to 3 PCI slots...
>
>> The drive bays aren't such a big deal because of external firewire/USB
>> devices.
>
>It's a big deal for me. FireWire drives have dismal performance compaired to
>IDE, and LVD-SCSI leaves them both in the dust. USB is just an ADB replacment
>in my eyes, only good for keyboards and tablets and such.
YMMV.
What I have found is that a portable FireWire drive (VST) shows about 70-80% of the
performance of my internal IDE drive.
Most of my work is not disk-intensive, [ compiling and linking ], so the convenience
of being able to pick up my drive, put it in my pocket, and go home more than outweighs
the (for me, slight) loss in performance.
On the other hand, if your work is very disk intensive, my scenario won't fly.
P.S. I saw several FireWire based RAID systems at MacWorld last month.
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