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Subject: Re: 2 important questions regarding laptop and other computers.

Author: Daniel Pineo

Date: 18:11:20 05/17/05

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On May 17, 2005 at 20:20:16, Dan Andersson wrote:

>On May 17, 2005 at 19:58:35, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>> 1). What exactly is the implications of RPM in hard disks?
>>a). in comparing 42000 rpm to 72000 rpm,
>>
>
> Pretty insane values for hard disks, divide by ten. Slower rotation speed means
>that the data is read/written slower. Access times ar higher. That is if the
>drives are equal except for rpms. The positive is that slower drives usually are less needy in wattage.


And they're quieter.  Some faster disks sound like a jet engine edging past mach
1.



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