Ok I got some pretty good input here and I think I will scratch the WD because of all those some had that went bad... A few questions: What reason would it be for using a SATA drive with the SATA PCI card??? The other question: What is the best HD to use for the money (what manufacturer?) and would a 7200rpm at 120g PATA be good for speeding this computer up like it did in my 466 Clamshell or would the SATA be faster then that??? I am still sort of confused here between SATA and PATA and the SATA PCI card does this card go with the SATA HD even after everyones input??? Or does this have something to do with adding more HD's??? I don't think she will ever have a reason to add more drives if I buy a 500g HD and partition it or for that matter I think the 120g would still be plenty big enough and not Partitioning it...
-----Original Message----- >From: JoeTaxpayer <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 26, 2010 6:55 PM >To: G-Group <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!! > > > >On Jul 26, 5:37 pm, nestamicky <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 7/26/2010 2:56 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: > >> This then is to say all ATA drives are in fact PATA? It seems to me >> adding (S) to the original named ATA should have been good enough to >> distinguish SATA from the earlier technology? > >Did you know that until WWII there was no WWI? It was simply the great >war. >If a drive is plain ATA, it's likely PATA. But all new drives are >clearly labeled on the box or ad. > >-- >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 Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... -- 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
