Getting an 80wire is going to happen as soon as I can find one. There are no CompUSAs in Fort Worth, three Best Buys didn't carry them.
Per another conversation, I poked around looking at a number of internal drives at Best Buy today (HP, Plextor, etc) Didn't see any that came with a cable. I did see one that DID say to burn at 16x or 18x you had to use an 80wire cable, but the HP I bought did not say that in any of its documentation. I will still buy one, but HP isn't pushing it in the documentation as a mandate.
Per another conversation, I poked around looking at a number of internal drives at Best Buy today (HP, Plextor, etc) Didn't see any that came with a cable. I did see one that DID say to burn at 16x or 18x you had to use an 80wire cable, but the HP I bought did not say that in any of its documentation. I will still buy one, but HP isn't pushing it in the documentation as a mandate.