On Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 11:27  AM, James Sedgwick wrote:

> 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.

Correct you are, James.
I suppose it boils down to how much research someone wants to do before 
buying a given drive (and whether the buyer has any room in the 
pocketbook to make a choice based on performance vs. price). There are 
good benchmarks available on the net for those who care to check these 
things out.


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