Re: The speed of the 30 Gig Drives

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From: Emanuel Brown (epbrown01_at_att.net)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 13:46:45 EDT

On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 02:37:04 +1300, you wrote:
>Are these new IBM drives any faster than say my 12Gig Travelstar?
>Or the 18-20 Gig HDDs?

        The only 12.5mm drive faster than 4200 rpm is the 32GH, which is
32GB and 5411 rpm.
>
>Any real world increase in speed?

        One person described the increase as "noticeable, but not
dramatic."
        Emanuel
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most people settle for the car." Chris Titus
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