On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 08:09 AM, Richard Smykla wrote: > Larry, > > My understanding is that the relatively low bus speeds/bandwidth of > unsupported machines like the PowerSurge models cannot benefit from > the the > faster 100 and 133 MHz ATA controllers, as they cannot move data fast > enough > to saturate even the ATA/66 cards' bandwidth. That being the case, > your choice > is between getting a one-time savings on the cheaper card, or looking > ahead to > using the card in a future machine that can put the better throughtput > to use. > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong 8-) > (ducking and covering now. . .) > > Rick > All good points ;-) I would like to add that the ATA/66 cards have been more trouble free then the newer ones which have needed firmware upgrades in many cases for newer versions of OSX. Will S
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