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John Wells wrote:
> For you hardware gurus out there...
> 
> I'm in the market for an IDE controller card, an looking at either buying
> a Promise ATA 133 card for around $35, or one of these Promise SATA 150 /
> ATA 133 combo cards:
&gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000085BCN/qid=1073433416/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_etk-electronics/103-7246567-3011026?v=glance&amp;s=electronics&amp;n=172282";>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000085BCN/qid=1073433416/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_etk-electronics/103-7246567-3011026?v=glance&amp;s=electronics&amp;n=172282</a>
&gt; 
&gt; I don't have any serial ata drives and don't plan on buying one anytime
&gt; soon, but I wonder if it might be worth the extra $$ to have this
&gt; capability down the line.  Is the world really going towards SATA and are
&gt; the performance benefits really that great?  I'd bet this card in
&gt; particular will be obsolete by the time I get around to buying a new drive
&gt; (at least a year out), so I'm trying to justify the purchase either way.
&gt; 
&gt; Thanks for your input!
&gt; 
&gt; John
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