On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:27:59PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
>
> More stuff is being built in, that's true. Or rather, a minimal version of
> some things are onboard. Take RAID for example. Yes, it's *sort of* there,
> but the onboard "RAID" is sometimes software-implemented, and drivers only
> exist for Windows. You can usually implement desired features through
> add-on cards, and simply ignore onboard components.
Hardware conflicts do sometimes occur, though, and for some reason the
onboard components are sometimes reluctant to relinquish their position
as the default components. At least, that has been my experience with a
couple of boards that have integrated components like that. Clearly,
I've never had that problem with the boards that don't include all that
crap, and I've aimed to use such boards when at all practical.
-- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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