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From: doolitt@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (Larry Doolittle)
Subject: IDE vs. SCSI (was Re: If you were to assemble a new machine...)
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Reply-To: doolitt@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (Larry Doolittle)
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References: <2hg0ju$j7r@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <1994Jan15.165808.10213@kf8nh.wariat.org> <HVFcgc2w165w@oasys.pc.my>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 14:19:41 GMT
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In article <2hg0ju$j7r@homer.cs.mcgill.ca>, storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc
WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>
> the only good things about ide drives is that they
> are cheap. for the average windows user, and to a lesser
> extent, os/2 and nt user, this isn't too bad. however,
> for any multitasking operating system [including os/2 and
> nt], they start to beome a major limiting factor....
>
> my machine perked up -big- time when i moved to scsi.
Would one of you SCSI advocates tell me this: would you rather
have a SCSI controller, or the extra RAM that the same money
would buy? (or, to keep it more apropos this group, an upgrade
to your video card :-) ) I guess it depends on the size of
machine you are starting with.
On a US$1x00 machine (I am typing on one now)
(4M RAM, 486SX/33 or less, one 250M drive, 14" maybe accel. SVGA, etc.)
chances are you would be better off buying the extra RAM.
On a US$3x00 machine (and up and up)
(at least 16M RAM, 486DX2/66, two 500M drives, 17" VRAM accel. SVGA,
CD-ROM, Tape, etc.)
chances are you would be better off buying the SCSI controller.
On a US$2x00 machine (I think a lot of people are in this situation)
(8M RAM, 486DX-something, one or two 340M drives, 15" accel SVGA,
maybe CD-ROM and/or soundcard)
What do you say????????????????????????????????
- Larry Doolittle doolittle@cebaf.gov