> > Because the data density is higher. For every inch the head travels on the > 250g drive, it has the potential to pick up to six times more data as the > same inch on the 40g drive. Plus the 250g almost certainly has a larger > on-board cache, and probably higher seek times as well. > > Eric >
As someone pointed out to me, I made a mistake above. When I said higher access times, I meant faster access times (as in 5ms is faster, not higher, than 13ms.) I also mistakenly thought the original poster was using a PCI SATA adapter, not an IDE to SATA adapter, which would also take care of the 128gb limit, as well as bandwidth limitations on the ATA bus. Even without a PCI adapter, there are some hacks to get around the limit. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
