[ILUG] Mandrake 10

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Paul Jakma (paul at clubi.ie):

> I did, and it's about ATA. S-ATA is not ATA.

Wow.  We _really_ don't have common ground for discussion.

> S-ATA as an interface is vastly superior to ATA....

Well, no.  The main point is the thinner cables, with a small additional
gain from reduced power consumption (resulting indirectly from the much
lower voltage).  So, tinier, cooler drives in tinier boxes.  Otherwise,
there's not much substantive improvement.

> ...we'll see (indeed we already do see) S-ATA drives targeted at
> "enterprise" market.

Suckers have money, too.  ;->