Hey all,
I'm a newb here forumwise, have just one question for anyone that would want to take it up if you know the answer right off the bat.
I know that different components on a computer transfer data at different speeds, (my guess anyway).
but for optical parts like CD lens, etc. does the transfer between the disc and the drive go at SOL (speed of light), but there is a bottleneck between the hard drive and CDROM on the ide channel, i'm asking for example?
i've always assumed that the cdrom drive is reading fairly fast, but the bottleneck for overall speed is between the CDROM drive and the hard drive, even between IDE channels.
just a heads up question.
Also I would like to know if there is another bottleneck from the IDE channel to another part of the computer when transfering files in between or on just one drive.
Thanks for your considering!
:-D
Tom A.
I don't care if you're mac/pc user either since this applies to both...certainly I'll take this from an expert.