On Jul 26, 2010, at 3:49 PM, nestamicky wrote: > On 7/26/2010 1:12 PM, Peter Haas wrote: >> 750 GB PATA drives were available for a while at many retailers. > What, can someone please say, are the difference(s) between ATA and PATA? > >
Standard ATA drives were renamed to PATA when SATA was released. They are both members of the ATA family, however the interface is the different aspect. This is the way that I understand it anyhow. -- 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
