Re: Want to build new Debian PC. Is IDE interface gone?
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:09:06 -0400, mark wrote:
> I'm looking for components for a new PC to install debian on. I've been
> looking at motherboards (MSI & Gigabyte) and it seems that the IDE
> interface no longer exists. Is no more IDE interface the new direction
> for PCs so that I will have to buy a SATA burner?
If you are buying components for a new PC I would discard IDE at all and
go for SATA300/600 hard disks and SATA optical unit.
IDE is nowadays a dead end like many other interfaces (LPT, RS-232, ISA,
AGP...) so unless you really need it, it's loosing money. Sigh. Times go
by so fast...
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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