Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive?

2003-07-12 Thread Dan K
I recently tested two nearly identical drives on my Pismo's internal drive bus (400mhz/640mb ram/9.1.), a 4200 rpm 30GB (DJSA-230) and a 5400 rpm 32GB (DJSA-232) Travelstars using ATTO's ExpressPro-Tools' 'Benchmark Drive' utility. Both are 66.6 Ultra-DMA mode 4 mechanisms and both have 2MB of

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
For those who are interested, I have just installed the new IBM/Hitachi 7200 60GB drive in my PB 800. The installation was straightforward and the drive is quiet. The increase in speed over my old 4200 drive is noticeable and many OS X functions are snappier. I use the PB for video editing

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Mark Kippert
Roger Shufflebottom on 7/11/03 11:12 AM wrote: For those who are interested, I have just installed the new IBM/Hitachi 7200 60GB drive in my PB 800. Wow, I didn't know they were making a 7200RPM drive now. Cool! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive?

2003-07-11 Thread John Bertram
on 03/7/11 3:30 PM, Roger Shufflebottom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed the new IBM/Hitachi 7200 60GB drive in my PB 800. The installation was straightforward and the drive is quiet. The increase in speed over my old 4200 drive is noticeable and many OS X functions are

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive?

2003-07-11 Thread Steve Fuller
Internal ATA 2 Driver Version 3.2.8 Vendor: Toshiba Revision number: N3.10 A Product I.D. MK1814GAV Go to Toshiba's web site, put in that drive product ID and it should give you all the specs you want on the drive. Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I had heard of them being introduced, I would like very much to know how well it turns out, I am useing 40 gig 5400 rpm toshiba mine came with. TI 800 On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 01:39 PM, Mark Kippert wrote: Roger Shufflebottom on 7/11/03 11:12 AM wrote: For those who are interested, I

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread K.
Kurt Appling wrote: RE; I had heard of them being introduced, I would like very much to know how well it turns out, I am useing 40 gig 5400 rpm toshiba mine came with. TI 800 On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 01:39 PM, Mark Kippert wrote: Roger Shufflebottom on 7/11/03 11:12 AM wrote:

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
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

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread K.
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

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 22:12, K. wrote: 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 It's very hard to respond accurately to this question. *My* feeling is that I would not pay much

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread James Rohde
On 07/11/2003, Roger Shufflebottom enlightened us by writing: For those who are interested, I have just installed the new IBM/Hitachi 7200 60GB drive in my PB 800. The installation was straightforward and the drive is quiet. The increase in speed over my old 4200 drive is noticeable and many