There is no such thing as "SATA II drives", stupid

jmke · 27th January 2007, 14:17

While the nice people at SATA-IO are right and while they might not like it, if you do a web search for "SATA II drive" on Froogle, you will find hundreds, probably thousands of sellers advertising kit as "SATA II hard drive". But that is wrong, very wrong. Even our resident guru Fudo committed the sin of using the "SATA II drives" moniker, once. I personally think he should face the heat, too.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37254

jmke · 27th January 2007, 14:17

Anandtech did a piece on this several years ago too

29th January 2007, 06:32

All this because the SATA comittee decided to changed their name to SATAII... and at the same moment introduced SATA 3GB/s to the public.

SuAside · 29th January 2007, 09:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Task514

All this because the SATA comittee decided to changed their name to SATAII... and at the same moment introduced SATA 3GB/s to the public.

i'm quite sure the marketing jockeys are more to blame

27th January 2007, 14:17	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	There is no such thing as "SATA II drives", stupid While the nice people at SATA-IO are right and while they might not like it, if you do a web search for "SATA II drive" on Froogle, you will find hundreds, probably thousands of sellers advertising kit as "SATA II hard drive". But that is wrong, very wrong. Even our resident guru Fudo committed the sin of using the "SATA II drives" moniker, once. I personally think he should face the heat, too. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37254 __________________

27th January 2007, 14:17	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	Anandtech did a piece on this several years ago too __________________

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29th January 2007, 06:32	#3
Task514 Posts: n/a	All this because the SATA comittee decided to changed their name to SATAII... and at the same moment introduced SATA 3GB/s to the public.