Comments on: Why I don’t like the bleeding edge http://helpmerick.com/why-i-dont-like-the-bleeding-edge.htm Easy to understand computer help Wed, 23 May 2012 11:31:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://helpmerick.com/why-i-dont-like-the-bleeding-edge.htm/comment-page-#comment-1155 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=996#comment-1155 What is the difference between SATA and ESATA? What is the difference between SATA and ESATA?

]]> By: Anonymous http://helpmerick.com/why-i-dont-like-the-bleeding-edge.htm/comment-page-#comment-1156 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=996#comment-1156 SATA is internal, while ESATA is external. I bought an external (ESATA) drive about 45 days ago, the purpose was to store video files converted from DVD's to go onto an IPOD. The darn thing failed and I am waiting for a replacement drive (5 year warranty). The SATA has higher transfer rates than the older hard drives, and are now much more common than when Adam wrote the article in 2006. Walter Phoenix, AZ SATA is internal, while ESATA is external. I bought an external (ESATA) drive about 45 days ago, the purpose was to store video files converted from DVD’s to go onto an IPOD. The darn thing failed and I am waiting for a replacement drive (5 year warranty).

The SATA has higher transfer rates than the older hard drives, and are now much more common than when Adam wrote the article in 2006.

Walter
Phoenix, AZ

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