Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!sei!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!am42+ From: am42+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alexander Paul Morris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: ESDI vs IDE Message-ID: Date: 17 Feb 91 23:40:41 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 6 What are the differences between ESDI and IDE (besides the fact that ESDI is so much more expensive)? Why is ESDI more expensive? Is it better to get ESDI or IDE? Alexander Morris "People die, things change... Carnegie Mellon It's sad."