Optibay Performance

[groove-agent]

Hello all,

I'm considering getting an optibay for my SR 15" MBP. From reading the forums I get the impression that the optibay can have a SATA to IDE adapter. In terms of performance, which is better: 1) a native IDE drive (which has a max capacity of 160GB) or 2) a SATA drive running through the IDE to SATA adapter.

I've read a couple of reviews where they said that their native IDE drive in the optibay performed equally with their primary SATA drive.

Any suggestions or experiences?

Thanks in advance.

 

[groove-agent]

Bump

 

[alphaod]

If you get the OptiBay enclosure the only choice you have is a SATA drive.

 

[Warranty Voider]

I'm just guessing, but I would think that the native IDE drive would perform better.

 

[groove-agent]

If you get the OptiBay enclosure the only choice you have is a SATA drive.

Are you sure about that?