I have a literal pile of IDE drives which is why I've been having this long debate with myself on when to go to SATA and which route I take to get there. If I ever make one of my Macs a BBS server that will be the tipping point on the countdown. I agree though that going to SATA interface is no better time than the present. I just try to utilize the stock I have. I don't think the SATA drives support SMART do they? My G-Drive Q is a SATA drive and it doesn't show up in disk utility as SMART supported. That's one thing that concerns me about switching to SATA. I'd love to see the speed boost in my G3 with SATA though especially with PS and Snapz pro2. ~Mike
On Dec 1, 12:10 pm, John Martz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Michael G.M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > IDE drives are > > getting a little more hard to find but not impossible to find by a > > long shot. > > I'm confused. Why would you even *want* to seek out an IDE/PATA drive > for use in an external enclosure? When attaching via USB or Firewire > it doesn't matter what interface is used to connect to the drive > itself. > > At this point purchasing a SATA enclosure and drives makes more sense, > at least to me. Heck, if it were me, I'd even consider using a SATA > drive in a PATA only machine if (a) I were still using one and (b) I > wasn't limited by a lack of 48-bit LBA addressing. > > I'd use one of the newer (to me) "all-in-one" SATA-to-PATA converters. > Some links to what I've seen on-line but haven't tried for myself yet > ...http://www.cooldrives.com/sahadradtoid.htmlhttp://www.satacables.com/html/sata_to_ide_adapter.html > > I've also been debating trying something like the above to allow me to > extend the useful life of my PATA drive enclosures ... The ones above > are unfortunately a bit too pricey IMO, but that could change. > > My apologies for the digression from the OP, > > -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
