From: Andy Hewitt on
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 15:06:37 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt)
> wrote:
>
>
> >I just moved from a WD Scorpio 250GB to a Samsung HM501II 500GB in my
> >MacBook, and there's not doubt the Samsung is faster and quieter.
>
> I have 3 of the same Samsungs in my WHS and they are silent. However,
> they are also suspended on rubber mounts so you would only hear the
> radiated noise in any case.

Hmm, of course the mounting in the MacBook is rubber and foam based too,
which might help for sure. You can still hear (or rather *not* hear!)
the difference.

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Andy Hewitt
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