Parallel ATA ,USB,FireWire 800IEEE 1394,FireWire 800IEEE 1394,SCSI
SCSI (small computer system interface)
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
ATA (advanced technology attachment)
USB (Universal Serial bus)
| Parallel ATA | USB | FireWire 800IEEE 1394 | Serial ATA | SCSI | |
| Connectivity Market | Internal storage | External storage | External storage | Internal and External storage | Internal and External storage |
| Cost comparison | Base | > Parallel | > Parallel | = Parallel | > Parallel |
| Speed | 100 | 60 | 100 | 150 | 160 |
| Bootable (Win) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bootable (OS X) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hot Pluggable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cable Lgth (m) | .45 | 6 (per link) | 4.5 (per link) | 1 | 12 |
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