On Dec 14, 2004, at 12:48 PM, Bill Earl wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Unfortunately I didn't contact Dell or HP in either case. The other
> three were systems we built ourselves from parts, and after seeing the
> same thing on the Dell and HP systems, and having a number of spare
> large capacity hard drives on hand, we threw those ATA drives in, were
> happy with the performance, and put them into production. These five
> systems were all emergency purchases to replace and expand some
> systems, and they needed to go, right now!
> I should add that all the drives we worked with were 250GB drives. I
> don't have any experience with SATA drives under 100GB capacity.
I understand. I was simply curious as to how the commodity makers
would respond to the issue especially in light of the fact that they
seem to be going in the direction of 'SATA only.'
---
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a
proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and
oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
-Paul Valery, poet and philosopher (1871-1945)
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