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To: scott@statsci.com, mrm@mole.org
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Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive 
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Your choice will depend upon whether you're looking for the cheapest
possible drive of that capacity or the best performance per dollar spent.
IDE is only cheap in dollars per megabyte; it'll cost you in slower
performance and lost productivity.