Thanks for the prompt reply...In your opinion, which would be the best way to go to upgrade to a 40GB drive? Is a 7200 basicallya waste of $$ due to the inherent Pismo architecture? I am looking for the best results for the $$ without overkill.. Regards and TIA, Mike K
"Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" wrote: > > Anyone know what the speed of the hard drive that came with my Pismo 400 > > is? In 10.2.6 it says Toshiba MK1016GAP...also shows 9.36 GB (1K=1024) and > > 4200rpm. 121.4~234.1Mbps internal transfer rate (=15.2Mbytes/sec to > 29.3Mbytes/sec, nominal, not counting error-correcting info). > > The nominal bandwidth of the UDMA66 interface (which is the Pismo's > limiting factor) is 66.7 Mbytes/sec, so in the best case you could hope > to double sustained transfer speed. > > -- > -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards > Work: http://www.digi-frame.com/ > Personal: http://www.larwe.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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
