Monday, December 25, 2006

Article: Faster external drives arriving--slowly

CNET News.com reports: "This one is for eSATA, an external version of the technology that's used to connect hard drives inside the PC chassis. Unlike USB and FireWire, eSATA (external Serial ATA) lets external drives communicate at the same speed as internal drives, so the technology would be welcome for those trying to back up digital photo archives or who need added capacity for storing digital music or recording video."

eSATA is the new external hard drive standard that could replace the FireWire or USB interface as the default connection for attaching these devices to your computer. Ultimately the the market will decide if it does or not.

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