[davidflas]

I was just wondering why Apple hasn't gone to ATA100 on the motherboard, and why I haven't seen any 3rd party cards out there. I was a best buy the other day and I say some Maxtor drives with ATA100 cards included free in the box. Sometimes I'm jealous of the the Wintel platform, but not for windoze itself.

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"life is pain, Highness, anyone who tells you different is selling something."--The Man in Black from The Princess Bride

This isn't an answer but ATA-100 is yet another technology that's ahead of itself. For now it's just a marketing gimmick with no real-world benefits. Maybe soon it'll have merit, but don't feel so left out.

[Paul S]

I agree, it isn't worth it. The IBM Deskstar is the fastest ATA drive on the market, and it tops out at around a sustained 34MB/s, well within the limit for ATA/66. That drive is also marketed as an ATA/100.