>Kev wrote:
>...
>> > It's because IDE is cheaper: it's really a sort of early Win-device,
making
>> > the CPU do the work to save on hardware costs.
>
>Duh.. maybe 5-6 years ago that was the case (lack of DMA),
>but not nowadays.
>
>Sure it's cheap and crude, but it doesn't load the CPU.
>--
Besides which it works perfectly well for the vast majority of people.
>mlord@pobox.com
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