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    Will hybrid drives come compatible with ATA?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Smashy, Nov 27, 2006.

  1. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    Hard to say. PATA (Both Parallel and Serial ATA are stilll ATA, so what you mean is presumably PATA) is being phased out. The question is how much longer it's going to take, and whether anyone are going to bother making PATA-versions of new products. Impossible to say. We'll have to wait and see. :)
     
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    ATA has already been phased out. Haven't they stopped making new ATA hard drives? I don't see the point of putting a hybrid drive on the ATA interface performance wise, though it would allow more people to get them.
     
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    I hope they don't.. The more crap they stuff into a PCB(microcontroller) the more delays it creates and the more points of failure that are introduced. It also causes assembly line machinery to be more expensive, thus driving the prices even hire. More points of failure while they do create more jobs for people RMA'ing dead products, also causes more product testers needed for returns which again drives the price up.
     
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