At 12:39 PM -0500 11/12/2008, Donald Hall wrote: >On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Dan wrote: >> On another note... There are a lot of 1 TB drives going for $99 or >> less right now. Careful, folx! Many of them are LP size (normal >> 3.5" drives) but then they're 5400rpm instead of 7200 rpm! So they >> cannot keep up with their fast SATA or USB 2 or FW interfaces! IOW, >> they're cheap because they're s l o o o o o w. > >Just about any recent 3.5" drive can completely saturate a USB 2 or >Firewire interface. The 5400 RPM 1TB drives are fine for FW or USB >interfaces, with an average speed of 68MB/sec. The average USB >interface might reach 25MB/sec, FW is 35-37MB/sec (out of 40),
You've actually had a 5400 rpm drive push data at those speeds? Tailored benchmarks are nice, but I'm not seeing half that, in real world tests. >To say that a 5400 RPM drive is slow isn't exactly accurate. They're >slower than other comparable sized drives, but they are still >considerably faster than any drive 400GB or less. heh. Try running a Mac on a 3.5" 5400rpm drive. It will be noticeably slower than if booted / running on a 7200rpm drive. >You're also missing the intended use for the drive. No. I'm just pointing out that getting all glowy eyed over the 10c per GB, without further investigation, is now a problem. The product has been downsized and the package is the same. >Their ideal purpose is to be put into places with limited needs where their >slightly slower performance won't be an issue Yes. IF you, the consumer, know what you're buying in the first place! >http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/terabyte-samsung-spinpoint,2026-6.html Nice read. Again, benchmarks vs real world usage. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
