Re: disk speeds and tweaks
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:22, David Z Maze wrote:
> de|ire <delire@selectparks.net> writes:
> > so if a 5400 rpm is the fastest laptop drive available, what is the
> > rpm of the standard drive?
>
> (I don't actually have an answer, but I strongly suspect that drives
> with a higher rotation speed [and better performance] will suck up
> noticably more battery life. It seems like for PC hard drives, 5400
> and 7200 RPM are the standard options.)
Also the force exerted on the bearings of a spinning object when it is moved
is determined by the speed of rotation, the faster the rotation the stronger
it would have to be to take the movement of a running laptop without
breaking.
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