In a message dated 8/6/05 5:15:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << No. ATA drives are just as fast (you're bound by the 66Mhz bus speed >>> in the B&W anyway) and vastly cheaper and far less fiddly. >>
actually, the blue g3 has a 100MHz bus speed. also, the blue g3s bus is far, far faster than even SCSI speeds. And, I have had very few SCSI drives go bad on me, while most of my ATA drives have. > The only way this is faster is if your transferring data from one > drive to another. Either solution (SCSI or ATA133) is faster than > you can get data to the CPU through the system bus. Thats just plain wrong. Disk access is sped up dramatically. Loading large programs into RAM speeds up dramatically. the blue G3s bus can do 800MB/s. The PCI bus can do 266MB/s. so the PCI bus will get maxed out with Ultra 320 scsi, but will still be 100MB/s faster than ultra160 scsi. The most ATA even claims to be able to do is 150MB/s. The standards for SCSI drives are much higher than the standards of ATA drives. To me, reliability is the most important factor when determining what harddrive to get. Chris P -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
