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From: BillW50 on 5 Jan 2010 00:17
In news:hhts52$18c$1(a)news.eternal-september.org,
BillW50 typed on Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:04:01 -0600:
> I have one laptop with a SATA 7200rpm drive and that thing flies. Big,
> big, difference here! As it boots XP in half the time (in 30 seconds).
> Maybe you need a SATA drive to see any real difference? What kind are
> those Sony's using?

Oops! I guess it is a SATA 5400rpm drive. It still flies though. HDS is
showing almost twice the transfer rate of my PATA drives.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2


From: Roy on 5 Jan 2010 03:09
On Jan 5, 1:17 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews:hhts52$18c$1(a)news.eternal-september.org,
> BillW50 typed on Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:04:01 -0600:
>
> > I have one laptop with a SATA 7200rpm drive and that thing flies. Big,
> > big, difference here! As it boots XP in half the time (in 30 seconds).
> > Maybe you need a SATA drive to see any real difference? What kind are
> > those Sony's using?
>
> Oops! I guess it is a SATA 5400rpm drive. It still flies though. HDS is
> showing almost twice the transfer rate of my PATA drives.
>
> --
> Bill
> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2

yes its SATA so it stil rocks.....? even at paltry 4200rpm?
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