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| Thread ID: 38624 | 2003-10-13 05:15:00 | SATA CD/DVD-RW? | sc0ut (2899) | Press F1 |
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| 182756 | 2003-10-13 05:15:00 | why haven't i seen any SATA DVD or CD drives? the smaller cables make it so much easyer and look less messy | sc0ut (2899) | ||
| 182757 | 2003-10-13 05:42:00 | I was thinking the same thing last night. It's probably because there would be little initial uptake - most MB still dont come standard with SATA, and when they do they only have 2. Saying that, I know that you can get an adapter for hard disks - so these should work with and ATA drive. N |
nicnz (2273) | ||
| 182758 | 2003-10-13 06:14:00 | Because a cd or dvd drive doesn't need the fast transfer of sata at this stage. Sata carries about 150Mb/sec at present and what is required by the cd/dvd drive is merely a fraction of that bandwidth. The cd/dvd drive simply can't transfer the data that fast for a sata cable to be needed - yet. If you are looking for a less messy solution, check out the rounded IDE cables, available from lots of stores now. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 182759 | 2003-10-13 06:19:00 | yea it would mean you could make Qbic(mini PCs) PCs even smaller & easyer to install one of my mates has made one of those and he said there was NO room for cables (he had to cut his flat cables to make it fit) |
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| 182760 | 2003-10-13 06:27:00 | I know that it requires very little bandwidth but it would make them FAR smaller & jumpers get anoying | sc0ut (2899) | ||
| 182761 | 2003-10-13 06:48:00 | they are out. i have seen a report on one. don't know if anyone is selling them in NZ just yet. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 182762 | 2003-10-13 07:25:00 | cool i wonder if they will eventually give hem extra features like USB2 & Fire Wire |
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