At 11:10 AM -0600 10/17/01, Gordon Neault wrote: >On Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 07:27 PM, Daniel L. Dreibelbis wrote: > >The info regarding the 5400 vs 7200 is worth considering. I have heard >that the 7200 Maxtor drives are OK, but it is your decision. Generally >the word is that "...faster hard drives MAY be too hot for iMacs." >(emphasis mine). In any case, you can find 5400 drives today that are >pretty fast at about 9 to 9.5ms seek.
The RPM of the drive has absolutely nothing to do with the seek time, RPM will affect rotational delay, a different metric aka kettle of fish entirely. HD performance is impacted by many things, many of which like the bus or OS, are mostly independent of the HD itself, you really have to look at disk performance as a system level concept, and the types of accesses you are making to the drive have a significant impact as well so don't rule out your favourite apps as a factor, sequential accesses are entirely different from random accesses. YKMV <snip> Regards James ___________________________________________________________ James Sedgwick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sedgwick & Son http://homepage.mac.com/jsedgwick/ Information System Specialists and proud Canadians -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> 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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
