IDE vs. SCSI CDRW

At one time, SCSI drives were bigger, faster, more reliable, and you could have more of them in your box.  And, with respect to CD burners, being divorced from the IDE bus meant fewer coasters.

Although little of that holds any longer, manufacturers recognize that long established common wisdom is hard to forget, so they continue to charge more because they can.

In the fullness of time, prices will more reflect performance than prestige.

I thought this SCSI devices are so robust that it will be able to bounce back after dropping without any problem.

You said the magic word "..not so much of a hardware or technology question.."

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Mechanically, most SCSI drives made today are IDENTICAL to an IDE model that they also manufacture.  Usually the only difference is the circuit board which has a SCSI chip and connector vs. an IDE chip and connector.

In fact, if you look closely at some models, they have a circuit board designed to handle either setup depending on which chips are installed at the time of manufacture...

There are some high-end SCSI drives that are different.  For example the 15,000 rpm high-performance SCSI hard drives have no IDE counterpart.  But these are made for high-end servers and the like.  You definitely don't want one of these in your desktop system since they sound like a jet engine when they are running...  In other words, they literally "scream".

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