hard drive differences

mellowmanmellowman
edited August 2005 in Science & Tech
what is the difference between one: 74GB @ 10K RPM hard drive,
compared to one say for example: any ???GB @ 7200 RPM hard drive?

:confused:

Comments

  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited August 2005
    The higher RPM drive has a faster seek time.
  • mellowmanmellowman
    edited August 2005
    TheSmJ wrote:
    The higher RPM drive has a faster seek time.

    thanx.
    by the way,
    i've been trying to figure out if i should use Windows XP64 or stick with the regular Windows XP Pro for an AMD64 i'm putting together?
  • sfleurietsfleuriet Texas New
    edited August 2005
    regular XP Professional definitely. Don't get into XP64.
  • mellowmanmellowman
    edited August 2005
    pilotwings119 wrote:
    regular XP Professional definitely. Don't get into XP64.


    hmmm, how come.
    some have told me i should.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited August 2005
    the driver support isn't there. you'll run into all sorts of issues, and you wouldn't have noticed a performance increase anyway
  • mellowmanmellowman
    edited August 2005
    TheBaron wrote:
    the driver support isn't there. you'll run into all sorts of issues, and you wouldn't have noticed a performance increase anyway

    i see, thanx for the feedback.
    so i'll just stick with the regular XP Pro in the mean time..
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