The difference is significant. Especially with the 5400rpm drive with 8mb cache.
-Hal On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > Now that my interest has been sparkled, I'm wondering if anybody could > confirm noticing an appreciable increase in performance going from a > 4200 to > a 5400rpm drive. I just checked my 20 GB and, sure enough, it's a > 4200rpm. I > don't have any speed complain in OS X (sure, it could always be > faster), but > if the difference is substantial, if you can feel it, then I'd like to > know. > > -Laurent. > -- > ======================================================================= > ==== > Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, > Fannie Mae > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, > DC, USA > ************************* Usual disclaimers apply > ************************* > code police n.: [by analogy with George Orwell's `thought police'] A > mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into > one's > office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be > used > either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style > violation is > dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under > discussion is > condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the > code > police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common. > > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
