Re: A more complete log about my disk access errors

[Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk@1tree.net>]

On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> ultra dma for some reason is faster than dma.

THere is a very good reason for this. It is that DMA was never
marketed. Drives in PIO mode can use DMA transfer. But when the
improvements for this were made, it was first marketed as "Ultra
DMA." Something about making it sound bigger and better appeals to the
marketing gurus. Perhaps it has something to do with most consumer's
gulibility. Perhaps it is because they have seen computers with faster
clock speeds out sell computers that do things faster.

Don't fall sucker to marketing. Consider that the Intel line has much
higher speeds then does the Alpha processor. And yet, which gets more
done? Same story happens when comparing the Apple hardware to Intel. You
don't need as fast a processor for similar speed. And now the same crap is
happening in macroslop pocket pc. Just friday I had some moron from compaq
point out the higher clock speeds and more memory of the pocket pc in
reference to the palms. Then I asked if they worked faster. "Well, no but
still...."

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