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Re:An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor by post_break on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:36PM (#29053487)
The X25-M felt like I V8 swapped my 2006 MacBook. That thing was world changing. The 10k drives were fast, but for mostly laptop users the SSD was such a shift in speed it was uncanny.
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Re:An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor by alphabettsy on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:50PM (#29053550)
+1. Made me realize that the processor and ram aren’t everything when it comes to a responsive system.
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Re:An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor by Moru on Saturday October 30, 2021 @09:13PM (#29053658)
Having the operating system in ROM on an Atari helped a lot with boot times. Windows still has a bit left to boot times of old computers...
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