Hard Drive rpm Speed In Mac ???

Hi

I'm trying to find the rpm speed for the Hard Drive in my Macbook. Been in to about this Mac > more info, but couldn't find anything. could anyone advice ? thanks.

Macbook 5.1 OS X Leopard 10.5.

Go into Apple System Profiler (About this Mac) More Info > Serial ATA > Rotational gives you the speed.

Hi

Can't find rotational, this is all thats displayed..


Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.73 GB
Available: 76.48 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

That's a late 2008 MacBook which was shipped from the factory with a 5400 RPM drive unless you replaced it with a faster model.

Sure you went to Apple System profiler as directed? You should see something like this:-


WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U3:

Capacity: 300.07 GB (300,069,052,416 bytes)
Model: WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U3
Revision: 04.04V05
Serial Number: WD-WXL908131184
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 10000
Medium Type: Rotational
Bay Name: Bay 2
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
disk0s1:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
Velociraptor:
Capacity: 149 GB (148,999,995,392 bytes)
Available: 119.48 GB (119,480,143,872 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Content: Apple_HFS
BOOTCAMP:
Capacity: 150.72 GB (150,724,411,392 bytes)
Available: 122.16 GB (122,164,101,120 bytes)
Writable: No
File System: NTFS
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP
Content: Microsoft Basic Data

Harry, what kind of Mac are you using? Mac Pro with a 10k drive?

That drive looks like a 300GB WD Raptor. those are all 10K RPM.

That's what I thought but wasn't positive.

BTW harry, my iMac with WD 7200RPM drive does not show the Rotational Rate either under 10.7.4 Lion. Just says Type Rotational.

Yes it is a Velociraptor and is my backup/Windows 7 drive. My Mercury Electra would not take the latest EFI update from OWC and they asked me to send it back RMA. Problem is last seen in tracking at Chicago USPS International Letter Centre and OWC are about to do a claim.

The Velociraptor is much slower than the SSD alas.

You have to select the top of what it's connected to. It doesn't show if you select the drive itself.

I did the top. Will check again.

Harry, still the VR is the fastest ROTATIONAL hard drive on the market.

Hmm, Dennis that is weird. I guess the next thing to do would be look up the model/serial number on the manufacturer's website.

I know what speed the drive is, it's just strange that the OP's system and mine don't show the RPM like yours and Harry's.

Yes Dennis it is the fastest rotational, but it is surprising how far it is behind an SSD>

I understand that quite well. I am just not a complete fan of SSD's yet especially on OSX systems. Prices are still quite high for decent space.