On Sunday 15 Jun 2014 20:37:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 15/06/2014 09:27, Mick wrote: > >> And maybe your disks are tired too :-) . You do have hdparm results from > >> > >> > 4 years ago to compare? > > > > I have not install hdparm on this laptop, thinking that I do not really > > need it for anything. Anyway, do disks spin slower with age? Even if > > their bearings theoretically wear out and eventually slow down, would > > this be perceptible? > > > > What readings would I be comparing? hdparm -t and -T? > > Yes, I'd look at those two. If disk performance was suffering due to > age, I'd expect your seek times to suffer and that should show up with -tT > > Not too sure really how wear and tear translates to real life; overall > it's probably just simple bloat you have, to borrow Walter's analogy you > started with a sub-compact and now have a ginormous SUV!
I think that's call progress. ;-) The Internet has grown and technology develops to deliver all this new functionality that lynx can't really provide. -- Regards, Mick
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