On Jun 22, 2009, at 4:55 PM, John Martz wrote:
> Is there a "big" difference between the capacities of the two drives? 2.5" SATA has the very same power and data connectors as all current 3.5" SATA. 2.5" SATA goes to 500 GB. 3.5" SATA goes to 1.5 TB (1500 GB), with 2 TB (2000 GB) being sampled. As most host SATA buses are supporting 3.0 Gb/s, there is probably no need for 1.5 Gb/s, or the jumper which forces a drive to 1.5 Gb/s. The iSATA/eSATA cards for most G series Macs are 1.5 Gb/s, but the jumper really isn't necessary as the drive and the host will mutually determine the best speed. My Initio-based G4 cards (1.5 Gb/s) are perfectly happy with my eSATA drives which are jumpered for 3.0 Gb/s, and which I use interchangeably on my Intel Hackintoshes, all of which, even my Intel Atom Netbook, are 3.0 Gb/s. http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a <+> A home for the Hackintosh community. To subscribe to the HQ-A group, send email to hq-a +subscr...@googlegroups.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
