"Dave D" wrote
"Elle" wrote
I thought IDE and ATA were just different names for the
same
thing.


They are, he was referring to *serial* ATA, or 'SATA',

Oh... yes, I noticed from googling that SATA was different
from ATA.

Serial. Got it now.

snip but comments noted
Don't worry
about the size of the cache. Most people using their PCs
for everyday tasks
would never know the difference anyway. Put it this way-
there's no way the
new hard drive will be any slower than what you had!

Yes, the same speed will be fine. Thanks for posting your
experience. It helps.