[X4U] SATA II

[Philip J Robar]

On Nov 10, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> Is there a place where one can buy such a drive?  Will it work in a  
> 24" iMac?  A friend needs to know.

SATA controllers and drives are backwards and forwards compatible with  
each other. In other words you can use an newer drive with an older  
controller or vice versa. You may loose a little performance or not  
get full feature support, but any combination should work.

Phil
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