I understand, also, that RPM is more important that which version ATA your internal drives are. That is to say ATA66 (if you don't have ATA100) is probably fine with a 7200 RPM drive, because the disk is more likely to be the bottleneck than the interface.
M. Denis Hill Qualified Panoramic Photographer Proud Member of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers www.area360.com "I have made this letter a rather long one, only because I didn't have the leisure to make it shorter." Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Moreno Polloni Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Slightly OT: Hard Drive Speed >> I am not an expert, but I don't believe any external USB hard drive would be faster than an internal drive - I believe the internal drive would be significantly faster.<< Even though USB 2.0 promises very fast speeds, chances are that the USB external drive is an internal IDE drive in a box with a USB interface. The advantages to the USB drive are not speed but portability. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
