On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 02:53:38PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> I'm looking at two DVD/CD burners. Same line, same specs, same price.
> One's IDE/ATAPI and the other's SATA. All my SATA cables are in use so I'd
> have to pick one up if I need one. But other than that, it doesn't matter
> to me which one I choose. Is there any reason I should choose one over the
> other? Are motherboard PATA interfaces going to get hard to find within
> the
> lifetime of this drive (say 5-10 years)?
My *opinion*: yes. I suspect SATA is cheaper to manufacture (smaller
form factor) and install on motherboards. Way back when, CPUs and
controllers were too slow to deal with a serial interface for a hard
drive. But SATA helps make the point that processing power has far
out-distanced rotating disk hard drives. I expect PATA drives to go the
way of 30 and 72 pin memory sticks.
If you're still unsure, go by CompUSA and look at all the hard drives
lined up on the shelves. What percentage are SATA and what percentage
are PATA?
Paul
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