Jack Malmostoso wrote:
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:50:30 +0200, Andrew J. Barr wrote:
I
have a 7200RPM 100GB drive in my Thinkpad that I'd prefer to use in the
PowerBook if it would help speed it up...
It sure would. But be prepared to quite an adventure if you want to
replace your PB's HD on your own. Unfortunately it's nowhere like the
Macbooks, as you have to disassemble all of your laptop.
Well, darn it. I lied.
The Thinkpad disk is a 5400 RPM disk drive (at least I think so, the
model number starts with HTS54 instead of HTS72...), and the PB's
'hdparm -t' (buffered reads) numbers basically match that of the
Thinkpad (30-32 MB/sec on the PowerBook vs. 34-39 MB/sec on the
Thinkpad). However, the interesting part is that the 'hdparm -T' (cached
reads) numbers are different--Thinkpad gets at least 600 MB/sec, usually
closer to 620 MB/sec, PowerBook gets 400 MB/sec or so. Which number is
more meaningful? And would swapping disks let me take the 'hdparm -T'
number to the PB?
Also, the Etch release is a decent bit snappier than my previous
mishmash of unstable, experimental and a custom kernel, that's a lesson
to be a bit more careful in the future with what I'm installing. I may
still upgrade to unstable or at least lenny when that becomes a bit more
interesting.
Thanks,
Andrew
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