Parallel ATA, or PATA, hard drives and Serial ATA, or SATA, drives have virtually the same physical characteristics and platter speeds. However, the Serial ATA bus supports much faster data throughput ...
When replacing the hard drive on your older notebook computer, you'll need to know whether the drive is a Serial ATA or Parallel ATA connection. If the notebook is only a few years old, it almost ...
Joni Clark, product marketing manager at Seagate Technology and marketing chairperson for the Serial ATA International Organization, a nonprofit industry group developing SATA specifications, said ...