New travelstars (and other hard drives) have what they call "fluid dynamic bearings" which are insanely quiet compared to the older technology. (me being an electrical rather than mechanical engineer, please don't ask me to explain why) all I know is that my old Dell laptop had a 6gb travelstar which sounded like LAX on a busy day and I have to put my ear against the case of my 667 (DVI) to hear anything (thats with the 40gb drive offered by apple)
Just another reason I love my PowerBook... -Andrew On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 03:41 PM, dog b wrote: > It must be a unit-by-unit thing as far as quiet goes. > > The stock 6 GB travelstar in my Pismo is louder than > some (desktop machine) fans I've had and sounds like a > jet engine on spin up and spin down. > > Just my experience.? > > Doug B. > > --- Clyde Kahrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > >> It is really quiet, and seems as fast as the >> deskstar in my >> cube--which was really quiet--and very important for >> the fanless Cube. >> There seems to be an idea that the IBM machines are >> more >> quiet, durable and reliable, and that they stay >> quiet longer than >> other quiet drives. I 'm not sure if anyone has >> any legitimate >> basis for making that statement, but I bit. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
