In my small amount of PCI card upgrading my 7500, I've purchased both a USB and a Firewire card that were very inexpensive, but came with no promise of Macintosh compatibility from the seller. In each case, the cards worked perfectly in my Mac in both 9.1 & 10.2. I'd like to get a big, new EIDE HD, but the cost of the Macintosh "compatible" cards is very high in comparison to PC cards. Some of the very large HD's even come with a PC EIDE card for free. I believe its got something to do with large volumes needing a newer card to get full access? My question is whether any of these new PC EIDE cards are Mac compatible even if they don't claim to be? Perhaps my experience with the USB and Firewire cards was just a lucky fluke because of the ignorance of the sellers?(and myself)! I can kinda see why PCI video cards are platform specific, but I'm having a hard time figuring why EIDE cards are? What's the deal? Who makes inexpensive Mac cards that are 10.2 compatible? Thanks! Kris Tilford
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