[geeks] Disk ugprade in Mac Mini - worth it?

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Fri Apr 3 00:10:50 CDT 2009


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 01:51:03AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I was dismayed to discover that the internal disk in my Mac Mini (2007
> Intel Core2Duo) isn't any faster than the FW400 external interface:
> http://www.mrbill.net/disktest.html
> Internal drive is a 160G 5400rpm with 8M cache.
> So, I'm thinking of dropping one of these babies in:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136279
> 7200rpm, 16M cache, WD's "Black" performance line.

Just FYI - effort was definitely worth it.

See disk results before and after:

http://www.mrbill.net/disktest.html

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas



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