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Quote: Originally Posted by BGD Well, what about external SATA HDDs? Sure, that's a valid application but I was limiting the context to the innards of a laptop. Quote: Originally Posted by...
Quote: Originally Posted by unlimitedx Now, would a SATA 5400rpm drive be faster than a PATA 7200rpm drive? WTF? Doesn't anybody read the thread before posting? That question was answered on page 2, by...
Quote: Originally Posted by Wiz33 None of these matter as 1oz and 1/2" is not going to reduce the overall dimension and weight of most current day laptop and who hot swap their laptop main drives anyway? I...
*sigh* Earlier, you said: Quote: Originally Posted by GamingTechy The biggest I think SATA has goign for it is 10,000rpm spindle speeds...it must be something in the SATA interface that allows it because there was...
Quote: Originally Posted by Wiz33 None of these applies to 99% of the laptop sold now (except those with 2 HD) and higher bandwidth and room for growth is meaningless in Laptop. Thats not true. Increased...
Quote: Originally Posted by smilepak Blah, this whole argument is similar to when AGP was released to replace PCI.... You're missing the point. You're making it sound as if we're debating which interface is...
Quote: Originally Posted by GamingTechy Well thank you for keeping this an intelligent discussion and not a personnel attack Ditto here. Quote: Originally Posted by GamingTechy The biggest...
Quote: Originally Posted by GamingTechy SATA drives do much better at sustaining a higher speed. Right now I am using one SATA 150 drive and one IDE 133 drive at work [...] My SATA drive in raptortest.exe hit 100mb 3...
Quote: Originally Posted by MichaelX30 Why is everyone making such a big deal out of SATA? It could be my bitter cynicism, but I think it's because most people are mindless consumers who jump at the smallest...
Quote: Originally Posted by onapartyrock Now, would a SATA 5400rpm drive be faster than a PATA 7200rpm drive? Not necessarily. But all other things being equal, the answer would be "No".
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