--- OK guys(and girls) Given a choice of 1)a SCSI hard drive, 2) an IDE hard drive, 3) a firewire drive, or 4) a USB hard drive-what would choose and why. There are so many ways to go. i'm sure one is better than the other. I'm talking speed, installation, and cost.
For general tasks, do IDE. You just can't beat the cost of the IDE drives.
If all you have is a SCSI-1 or -2 iface, then buy used SCSI drives, $1/GB max.
If you're into heavy image processing (still or video), or big databases, consider high-end SCSI-3.
Firewire drives are cute, but pricey. Most are actually IDE drives with a firewire-bridge chip installed.
USB drives... you've got to be kidding. USB 1 is designed for low-speed i/o devices, like keyboards and miceys. USB 2 is a horrible kludge, thrown together at MS' bequest to compete with IEEE 1394 (aka Firewire).
- Dan.
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