> -----Original Message----- > From: PCI PowerMacs > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of J. M. > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:32 PM > To: PCI PowerMacs > Subject: Re: Is Drive Setup hacking required now for *all* drives? <SNIP> > > As I said, virtually every IDE drive (which they > > have been shipping) *is* formattable by Drive Setup. > > I guess the old Mac I *used* to have (a 6360 with an > IDE drive), was actually more modern than my current > 8600, which is actually a slightly newer Mac than the > 6360 was... (although I would not wish to go back). > It's just hard to keep up sometimes! :)
No, just lower cost, Apple first started to use IDE drives as a cost cutting exercise in the 'cheaper' Mac's and stuck with the higher performance SCSI drives in the 'serious' machines (early IDE was unsuitable for video streaming etc as it was too slow and processor intensive). However when IDE performance improved to a comparable level with SCSI Apple took the decision to drop the pricier SCSI as it offered few (if any) advantages and went fully over to IDE. Ben. NB I still consider it a backward step and use SCSI in all my Mac's (all pre IDE machines) and both my PC's and my Sparc station. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
