On 08/13/2012 12:00 AM, Mouse wrote:
    I don't hate the appearance of SATA, not per se.
I hate the
 disappearance of IDE. 
 Don't they make SATA to IDE converters for under $3
shipped from
 China? 
 
 I don't know; I've never really looked.  If I could buy such a
 converter at the local brick-and-mortar the same way, at the same time
 as, I buy the drive?  Then you might have a point.  Otherwise, at the
 very least it's raised the bar substantially. 
 
  I dunno Mouse.  You and I usually agree on this sort of thing, but
this time I have to disagree.  It's a whole lot easier to to sit here in
my underwear at 4AM, click on a listing and have it show up at my door a
week later...in the meantime I can get back to doing real work, and not
have to deal with the "duhhhhhhhhhhhhh" of the mouth-breathers who work
retail these days.
  Brick-and-mortar stores are WAY overrated. (and dying)
               -Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA