[geeks] Advice on buying a new Mac

Mon Nov 13 22:22:24 CST 2006

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 @ 22:11 -0500, Patrick Giagnocavo said:

> No, if you mean "will it pull data off the disk as fast".  Reason is 
> twofold:

Mostly I mean just getting closer, though I didn't say that.

> 1.  they optimize for ruggedness and low power consumption
> 
> 2. the physical drive platter is smaller, thus, even though rotating at 
> the same speed, the swept area (whatever the technical term is) is less 
> than a larger platter.

Well, that's true. Still, should do better that what comes with it.

It's too bad they couldn't have crammed a full size drive in there.

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