Like the difference between ATA, SATA, ULTRA, IDE
what are their speed, prices
A web link would be aprreciated since i'm doing a report/paper
Thanks
2006-08-23 12:09:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
It's all about the interface to connect the drives to the computer: an hdd with a SATA (serial ata) interface has a smaller cable, ATA has a short wide ribbon cable, then you have a combination like ULTRA ATA, SATA II, SATA I, or SATA 3gb, SATA1,5 gb...
all these drives support a rotational speed of 7200 rpm.
SCSI is the most advanced (and expensive) interface used for servers and workstations, support with fiber optics cables, and best of all support a minimum of 10000 rpm rotational speed.
usually the newest the interface the more performing is the drive
This link to show you how is difficult to understand only by these names and not the whole bunch of features listed by the manufacturer (such as Maxtor Seagate):
http://www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp
found in
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA
2006-08-23 12:30:31 · answer #1 · answered by fz32 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Try Howstuffworks.com and Wikipedia. For prices, Yahoo shopping is always a good starting point.
2006-08-23 19:30:28 · answer #2 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-23 19:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by joe v 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋