On 1/14/2003 12:00 PM, Laurent Daudelin enlightened us by writing:
>What do you mean, "loses itself in OS 10.2" and "the bridge is not
>completely OS 10 compatible"? I would probably replace my internal 20 GB
>with that drive, but I certainly don't want to have problems. Do you mean
>that, for example, if the laptop is put to sleep, I might have problems
>waking it up? Isn't the ATA interface a universal thing, i.e. if it's ATA
>and the computer supports ATA, it should just work? I'm asking because I'm
>not a total expert on these matters and before committing money to this, I
>want to be sure it would work. Unfortunately, the seller isn't able to help
>me, hence my request to the list.
>
IIRC, most external FireWire drives have a bridge from the ATA interface
to FireWire (like Oxford 911, a popular one on several drives I've seen
online). The glitch may be in the bridge rather than on the ATA side...
I also think I recall that IBM was the target of a class action suit
about one of their drives. Might not hurt for someone to run that one
down, in case the 48GB is connected with that suit. I do note that
finding the 48GB Travelstars is harder now than a couple of months ago -
it's not so hard to find the 40GB ones, though.
On the other hand, if you got the 48GB and a piece of the class action
suit, you might come out really ahead on that... ;-)
(Just kidding)
HTH,
Jim Rohde
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in
human history....
with the possible exception of handguns and Irish whiskey.
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