JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to MAURICE KINAL:

 JH> Hello, Maurice.  Awhile back, we were talking about - -

 JH> Very newest mainboards now support something even faster - Serial ATA
 JH> (SATA), and drives which support that cost a bit more.  BIR I saw a
 JH> 120GB SATA drive in yesterday's paper for $120 AR.

 MK> I've noticed that.  I think I'll wait until the jury returns the
 MK> verdict on them.  :-)

 JH> Sounds good, and maybe by then the price will have come down a bit.
 JH> I have two friends who have bought new boards, both with that
 JH> NVidia chipset which supports both SATA hard drives and
 JH> Dual-Channel DDR memory. So far, neither of them has sprung for the
 JH> new HDD, or for the matched and pre-tested pair of DDR sticks.

Matched and pre-tested?  Whew.  Sounds like an idea that makes me just a
wee bit uncomfortable...

What's that supposed to get you?

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