how are you thinking of hooking up this hard drive to the laptop? I think we were under the assumption that you were getting an external drive to hook up through usb.
On 10/14/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > um, stupid question perhaps but why does usb matter for a hard drive? This > laptop does have 1.0, which is why I am thinking HD not thumb drive. For > most of what I currently use a thumb drive for (sneakerware) it doesn't > matter but I don't want to run red hat from it. Also, the keystrokes ofr the > CMOS don't seem to be documented anywhere, googled it to death. (More > precisely, there are several documented for this model and it doesn't seem > to be any of them) > > On 10/13/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If it is an older laptop, make sure it has USB 2. USB 1 transfer rates > > are painfully slow. > > > > 4200 is typical for laptops > > 5400 is typical for older desktops and newer/faster laptops. > > 7200 is typical for newer desktops. It is considered pretty fast. > > 10000 is what I spec for any video editing or audio editing work. > > > > On 10/13/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > damn, i should jump on this then. It's an older laptopn, just wanted to > > make > > > sure the drive wasn't antique. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177082 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
