Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:07:29 -0400 From: Rick Mansfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Latest 120GB HD benchmark review
Nah, get a cardbus SATA card. It would probably be faster than USB2. On 8/24/05, Jim Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:20:04 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jim Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Latest 120GB HD benchmark review > > I am 99% sure even the Libretto 110 won't support > >137GB. It was released in 1998 and I don't think > ATA/66 was even available then, let alone support for > huge drives. The best you could do with a 160GB drive > would be put it in a USB case, get a USB 2.0 card, and > find a convenient way to get the extra power that the > USB card won't supply. > > ============================================== > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:17:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Latest 120GB HD benchmark review > > > Aren't they all limited to a lower speed by the > Libretto's aging > > interface? Someone said before that the IDE for the > hard drive on the > > Libretto was on the ISA bus... > > Depends on the model. Older ones <L110 have ISA > buses, some of the > newer > ones have faster interfaces that support UDMA > connections. Anyways, as > long as > the HD can max out any interface, that's a good thing. > It'll mean that > you > have no trouble at all keeping the Libretto running as > fast as it can > go. > ================================================== > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > -- -Rick
