Re: what spec. should i consider when buying UDMA/66 HD?

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From: Noodle
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00

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Don't get Western Digital one...lousy drive ^_^'

Vortec wrote:

> Western Digital or IBM makes great ATA-66 drives.  Maxtor's are good
> also.  ATA-66 really isn't faster than ATA-33 at all, it was designed
> for more file stability in mind.  But most new ATA-66 drives are
> coming with 7200rpm, 2MB cache and that's where the speed increase is
> seen.  So make sure they have 7200rpm and a 2MB cache.

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From: Noodle <noodle@nissin.com>
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Date: 1999/12/09
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