The Big Bear crew is taking another look at the question hounding storage development these days: is SATA really that much better than PATA? Well, maybe not at the moment it's not, but SATA-II drives are slowly making their way onto the scene, & that technology will most certainly make its presence felt.

"The current SATA standard provides significant benefits over ATA in terms of convenience, power consumption and, most importantly, performance. The main thing ATA has going for it right now is history, as it has been the standard for so long that it will not likely disappear any time soon."