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\MARK POST #5580
OKAY… CRITICAL QUESTION ???
WHAT YEAR IS THIS ?
OH, YEAH 20 ALMOST 15, RIGHT ?
YOU WOULD THINK WITH THE APPEARANCE OF SSD THAT HARD DISK MANUFACTURERS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THEIR ACTS TOGETHER ON THE SPEED OF THE OTHER SLOWER ONES USING HEADS TO READ/WRITE.
THE SPIN RATES OF 5400 RPM IS OBSOLETE… WAY TURTLE SPEED TOO SLOW. THEY SHOULD BE SOLD AT DOLLARAMA AND COMPANY.
I WOULD EXPECT AT THE VERY LEAST 7200 RPM ON LEGACY HARDWARE NOW.
10,000 RPM SCSI SPEEDS THE BARE ACCEPTABLE ON WINDOWS 8 AND UP, INCLUDING NEW FLAVORS OF LINUX.
THAT MAKES IT SOMEWHAT COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF LIFECYCLES TO GIVE THESE HARD DISKS ANOTHER WHAT MAYBE IF LUCKY 10 YEARS BEFORE THEY’RE ALL TOAST AND END UP AT DOLLARAMA TOO.
HARD DISKS ARE GOING THE WAY OF THE DODO – SO GET ON THE RIGHT BANDWAGON OR SUFFER CATASTROPHIC EMINENT BUSINESS FAILURE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
JUST THE WAY THE DODO FLIES, PEOPLE. SPIRAL UP THOSE SPEEDS.
IT’S WHAT NO ONE HAS UTTERED YET IN WORDS.
EVEN SOLID STATE WILL BE TOO SLOW IN QUANTUM COMPUTERS.
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