heh, i HAVE seen people complaining they want PATA and floppy... and those are few people but they are very loud, which is why all board makers continue to have PATA and floppy... well that and the fact that floppy basically is free as its integrated in the superpio chip, and PATA and eSATA are the same chip, and since the board makers still think firewire is a highend feature, they dont want to drop PATA and eSATA...