Storage Solutions Finally ! Inexpensive SATA DVD-RW ...

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^ Wow, that's great, hope it launches resonably in India too...

The ultimate end of IDE cables :ohyeah: !
 
Nice ... can finally say goodbye to IDE cables ... hope the other manufacturers follow suit :)
 
hmm Masky one question since i'll be buying my DVDRW tomorrow, what if i plan to change my mobo after a year or around a year and new mobos dont support any IDE ports?

Do you think it might happen?
shud i wait for these?
 
Its already happening. Most of the OEM boards ship with only single IDE port. But it'll be a while b4 IDE is completely phased out.
Am not sure if mobo manufacturers will continue to put IDE ports in boards, may be they will. But soon, it'll all be gone :P
 
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^ Nah its just Intel trying to push for it. Ultimately motherboard manufacturers are the ones adding on IDE ports via 3rd party controllers for the latest Intel chipsets - so they do know that IDE cannot be phased out completely.

Its just probably being reduced to a large extent much the same way as is being done with PCI slots now , but should be a while before they're completely removed :)

Even in the worst case scenario - you could always add a PCI IDE controller card to your setup!
 
i just ordered one from tokyo. my friend already purchased for me. will be with me next week.
Brand - Plexter and cost - 4500 rs. :S
 
What does this: "and the drive should behave just like one of its IDE counterparts in recent motherboards that support IDE emulation mode for SATA drives." mean ?

From TechReport.
 
will the xp installer detect these drives ? cause some of the mobo's need you to install the sata drives while loading up the xp installer
 
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