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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1281

New GHz TiBooks pack surprise HD punch
By Michael Flaminio, Insanely Great Mac
November 20th 2002

The 60 GB hard drives shipping with new PowerBook G4s have a little surprise inside, a 
hard drive that speedy, yet efficient

Users looking to free themselves from the desktop have something new to look at with 
Apple's new PowerBook line up. Apple's laptops have reached a milestone, sporting up 
to 1 GHz speeds and DVD-R SuperDrives. As CPU speeds increase, one obstacle remains, 
and that is hard drive speeds. Laptop hard drives are smaller, lighter and more power 
efficient than counterparts found in desktop systems. These features make for ideal 
laptop storage, but at a cost of speed. While a laptop CPUs may cruise at 1 GHz 
speeds, it's still difficult to place a laptop on par to a desktop when hard drive 
data speeds can be anywhere from 1/2 to 1/4 slower...

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