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Mini: Is the 4200 RPM hard drive a problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="djmitch" data-source="post: 95025"><p>I've read that the 1.42 GHz Mini's hard drive is 4,200 RPM. Has this been a problem to anyone in terms of speed?</p><p></p><p>Maybe I should tell you what I'm using right now: A Hewlett-Packard with Windows 98SE, 850 MHz Athlon processor, and 256 MB of RAM (please, don't laugh!). I added another internal 7,200 RPM drive a couple of years ago and saw a noticeable difference between that and the original 4,200 (or 5,200 RPM?) drive. </p><p></p><p>Actually, my only real beef with the slower drive has been folder navigation: it sometimes takes 10-20 seconds for it to move from one folder to the next. Has anyone experienced this with their Mini? Also, is this a Windows problem, processor problem, RAM problem, OR a hard drive problem? I'm not sure.</p><p></p><p>I realize that the above Mini with 1 GB of RAM will probably blow my PC out of the water speed-wise because it's all I've been used to, but I need to know if the slower hard drive is really an issue or if I'm just nit-picking because of the switching jitters. Until I get some feedback of actual Mini user experiences, I will not be completely sold on the Mini. Please, somebody put my concerns to rest!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djmitch, post: 95025"] I've read that the 1.42 GHz Mini's hard drive is 4,200 RPM. Has this been a problem to anyone in terms of speed? Maybe I should tell you what I'm using right now: A Hewlett-Packard with Windows 98SE, 850 MHz Athlon processor, and 256 MB of RAM (please, don't laugh!). I added another internal 7,200 RPM drive a couple of years ago and saw a noticeable difference between that and the original 4,200 (or 5,200 RPM?) drive. Actually, my only real beef with the slower drive has been folder navigation: it sometimes takes 10-20 seconds for it to move from one folder to the next. Has anyone experienced this with their Mini? Also, is this a Windows problem, processor problem, RAM problem, OR a hard drive problem? I'm not sure. I realize that the above Mini with 1 GB of RAM will probably blow my PC out of the water speed-wise because it's all I've been used to, but I need to know if the slower hard drive is really an issue or if I'm just nit-picking because of the switching jitters. Until I get some feedback of actual Mini user experiences, I will not be completely sold on the Mini. Please, somebody put my concerns to rest! [/QUOTE]
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