Re: PowerBook disk drive

2007-05-02 Thread brian
--- "Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone tell me why Apple computer hard drives, > at least in laptops, > are very slow? E.g. is the drive or the controller? one reason is that a lower power hd saves battery. > Responsiveness in my > Powerbook still seems rather bad, and fro

Re: PowerBook disk drive

2007-04-30 Thread Julien BLACHE
"Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > Can someone tell me why Apple computer hard drives, at least in laptops, > are very slow? E.g. is the drive or the controller? Responsiveness in my > Powerbook still seems rather bad, and from what I can tell it seems to Years ago I upgraded my P

PowerBook disk drive

2007-04-29 Thread Andrew J. Barr
Can someone tell me why Apple computer hard drives, at least in laptops, are very slow? E.g. is the drive or the controller? Responsiveness in my Powerbook still seems rather bad, and from what I can tell it seems to be much better starting programs for a second time--either an app like Firefox or