-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/05/07 05:44, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 12/04/07 11:30, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 12/03/07 20:59, Sam Leon wrote: >>>>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>>> And *none* will have SATA. >>>>>> >>>>> Do you mean sataII? There are alot of socket A boards that have sata, >>>>> the nf7-s v2 included. >>>> I'm surprised. But then Wikipedia tells me that it's aka Socket >>>> 462, so it's lasted longer than I thought it did. >>> Why is it surprising? P4's are still alive and many have support for >>> SATA. >> Alive as in "still works"? Or alive as in "still being fabricated"? > > Alive as in "still work" and as in "many companies and individuals still > largely use them" with an emphasis on *largely*.
Ok. Just making sure we are talking about the same thing. > I have not yet come across a company that would provide me with anything > different from a P4 or a P4-HT for my workstation. P4? Noise city... Our company was like that for a long time. But last year they got us all(?) little mid-range Stinkpads with docking stations. >> Unless I'm totally out of the loop 32-bit Athlons and P4s haven't >> been fabbed in more than a year. > > "more than a year"? And when did SATA come out? Last Yes, P4s and Socket A chips haven't been made in a "long" while. You're right, though, about SATA. >>> I actually find my Athlon XP Barton to be more responsive than >>> some P4-HT that I have used. Why would it not support SATA? >>> Look at the A7N8X from ASUS, for example. >>> If you google for "socket a" +"sata", you'll get many... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile." Santa-bot -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVxU/S9HxQb37XmcRAoEFAKCOwik+BqewiAa30eECeffyizyZMwCg5OsU FglopfS4FkbwJqDziD3LZS4= =qEbq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
