Thread: New Uber Box
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Old 12-14-2001, 07:06 PM   #22
Bitman
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Well, DUH! Of course IDE is getting better and faster, but SCSI is getting better and faster too. And if you want the fastest possible drive, SCSI is the only way to go. (To be fair, I personally think SCSI, like Rambus, is a scam. It's the fastest available, but the price is WAY out of line for what you get.)

I almost forgot - the WD brand 100 GB 'special edition' with 8 MB buffer got good reviews - very fast.

I don't mean to argue so much, but when you announced a cost-no-object machine, then put 'only' 60 GB in it, it just seemed incongruous to me.

I'm curious - what other reasons do you have for avoiding SCSI on this machine? You mentioned the Debian drivers, and the cost/benefit thing is obvious. Are there other reasons?

-B
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