sata vs ata

I've always used ata drives. I recently built a new box and put in
SATA2 western digital drives. They're the same basic model as the
ATA versions in my other box.

Frankly they seem distinctly slower in response than the ATA drives.
Are they STILL using ATA drives with sata converter add on
circuitry?

Boy those marketing guys can sure snow the world with their
bullshit.

Previously joejoe wrote:
> I've always used ata drives. I recently built a new box and put in
> SATA2 western digital drives. They're the same basic model as the
> ATA versions in my other box.

> Frankly they seem distinctly slower in response than the ATA drives.
> Are they STILL using ATA drives with sata converter add on
> circuitry?

No. And where the external converters worked, at least some of
them did not slow down the drives. You likely have some other
problem.

> Boy those marketing guys can sure snow the world with their
> bullshit.

That they can. Don't listen to professional liars, e.g. marketing
people, politicians, preachers, ...

Arno