"Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
> Can someone tell me why Apple computer hard drives, at least in laptops, > are very slow? E.g. is the drive or the controller? Responsiveness in my > Powerbook still seems rather bad, and from what I can tell it seems to Years ago I upgraded my PB G4 500 hard drive from the original 5400 RPM 30 GB disk to a 7200 RPM 60 GB disk, both IBM drives. The new disk had a lower latency and higher throughput (comparing both datasheets -- and same power consumption too). The machine instantly felt 2 times faster with the new disk. And now I'm just considering doing something alike with my MacBook Pro, because the disk is just so slow. Apple have a really hard time properly balancing the performance in their machines. JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
