For me, the SATA drive enables me to have more devices (4 x IDE plus 2 x SATA) and the SATA drives have very small neat cables which makes the internals neater.
I think that most SATA capable mobos also have built in RAID. Regards, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Volker Kuhlmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 7 February 2005 3:57 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: SATA disks Serious question: suppose I intend to buy a new computer. Why should I get SATA drives? They cost more but perform the same, afterall it's the same disk just with a different interface. What exactly is the point? Thanks, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
