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Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] (rtech @ July 23 2004,09:23)]All the laptops I mentioned had 2 USB 2.0 slots and a firewire as well. |
Hey Rtech,
2USB ports....hmm...thats a bit of a bummer.....atleast for me..right now i have 6 USB devices plugged in!! But dont worry about that because you can always buy a USB hub for Rs300-500/- which will give you more ports if needed. Plus when you laptop is on the move i doubt you will have so many USB deviced plugged in!
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Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]BTW, how do we check the speed of the HD on the PC. Is it in systems>hardwarew profiles> etc etc?? |
Checking the HDD speed, well you look at the spec sheet of the computer!
There is no way that XP itself lets your check the HDD RPM that i am aware of.
But what you could do is look at your harddrive model number in the hardware properties and then look it up on the net for a detailed description.
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Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]And how much of a difference would that 1000 odd rpm mean in real life? |
Well the difference between 4200 and 5400 will obviously be less than the diff between 5400 n 7200. So dont sweat it.
I can't give you an actual indication of how much of a difference it would make, maybe a 2ms seek time difference and a couple of MBps.
Since they are all 4200 dont let it bother you.
If you wanna know more abt HDDs, check this site out (especially their "performance database"
Storagereview.com
Im not expressing my opinion between the Samsung and the IBM because im going through hell with my sisters IBM at the moment......BUT its probably one of those 1 in a million cases (serious bad sectors on HDD), coz IBMs are known to be built tough.
Cheers
R