stupid SATA questions

These questions were posed to me and I was hoping someone would have better knowledge about the works and usage of SATA then I do. All of these questions are around understanding how important the performance of PIO mode is.

How often would one run in PIO mode?  Why would one run in PIO mode?

Thanks

- kumar

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