ansberry wrote:
> Since a firewire hard drive is just an IDE hard drive with an added > chipset, is it any faster or better than just using an IDE hard drive? ---- With nothing technical to back it up, I would venture to say the throughput speed of Firewire 400 does not take advantage of the 7200 RPM IDE drives that are typically used in Firewire drives. It does offer the convenience of firewire. With Firewire 800, that may be a different story. Also, not sure how many folks are messing with 'external' IDE drives or how common that is. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
