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Originally posted by ipab
does it really give that much of an advantage over standard optical drives?
Standard 7200RPM harddisks (magnetic) you mean?
It all depends on the benchmarks. Even a big 5400RPM drive could in theory outperform a smaller 10000RPM drive these days. The bytes you fit on a platter, the closer the bytes are together (areal density). This makes seek times faster, sometimes faster than a smaller disk on a higher RPM.
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