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I'm trying to decide just how much fail is... 219 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm trying to decide just how much fail is here... maily because of price. Man people freak out about Apple's prices. In the very least this goes to show just how reasonable Apple can be when you...
Posted by teknishn, on Dec 19, 2012 at 05:24 PM, in Tech News
Looks like Apple has just released a patch that... 1,115 Views / 4 Replies  
Looks like Apple has just released a patch that addresses this for Lion.... http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1556?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Posted by teknishn, on Jul 18, 2012 at 12:16 PM, in Tech News
I'm running the new Air and a Startech dual drop... 1,115 Views / 4 Replies  
I'm running the new Air and a Startech dual drop in external on usb3. I had all sorts of problems..... Drives not mounting, drives just dropping out randomly, drives not mounting after reboot etc. I...
Posted by teknishn, on Jul 18, 2012 at 10:23 AM, in Tech News
Absolutely incorrect. The difference in access... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
Absolutely incorrect. The difference in access time between the 2 is an innate amount. Its the bulk transfer speeds where the 7200 lays it to the 5400 regardless of perpendicular. Perpendicular...
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 7, 2006 at 02:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
+1 I can't wait for that new Hitachi 2.5... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
+1

I can't wait for that new Hitachi 2.5 200gb 7200rpm perpendicular disk. All they said was that it will be available in 1st half 07. My only worry is that it will cost a small fortune.
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 3, 2006 at 05:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, I'm just suprised is all. I thought the... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
Yeah, I'm just suprised is all. I thought the difference was night and day.

http://forums.macnn.com/69/powerbook-and-macbook-pro/315344/macbook-pro-hd-question/#post3188276

As you can see...
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 3, 2006 at 12:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thats odd, because I couldn't stand the abysmal... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
Thats odd, because I couldn't stand the abysmal performance of the 5400 drive in my mbp so I went and bought the 7200 and dropped it in there myself. I found the difference to be night and day in...
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 3, 2006 at 11:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The only tests the 5400 was better in were I/O... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
The only tests the 5400 was better in were I/O (the interface), and that really doesn't affect the performance of the drives day to day use at all.... as they stated at the end of those particular...
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 3, 2006 at 11:36 AM, in Mac Notebooks
No, I took the best performers of each to give... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
No, I took the best performers of each to give each the benefit of the doubt. But, don't take my word for it. If you read the whole thing... and other tests out on the net, the results are that the...
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 3, 2006 at 11:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks
That depends on what you consider close. And you... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
That depends on what you consider close. And you only looked at one of the many read/write benchmarks. Here are sone others in mb/s

Read rate max: 7200 = 54.4 5400/160 = 45.9
Read rate...
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 2, 2006 at 09:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
re: 7200 vs 5400 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
All these poor analogies are killing me. The bottem line is perpendicular allows for denser data. Denser = faster than other longitudinal 5400 drives, but .... and here is the important part.......
Posted by teknishn, on Nov 2, 2006 at 03:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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