[MacDV] Re: Maxtor 160GB (Blue and White G3)

[illovox at comcast.net]

> Richard - thank you for your willingness to speak in support of
> bringing data to the table.  The debate isn't about MacOS 9 (though
> systems using HFS+ filesystems will be broadly similar to MacOS X).
> A number of people have vociferously (not to say stubbornly and
> illogically) given their opinion that defragmenting disks makes I/O
> faster in MacOS 10.x.  I have challenged this claim, and asked the
> proponents to produce the data in support of their belief.

I spend zero time proving silly arguments to people who spend hours pursuing
a dream of being right.  Therefore, in the great scheme of time well spent,
I think I win, and you win bupkiss.

> So far no one has produced any evidence.  You understand that it is up
> to those making a claim to produce the evidence in support, right?  The
> person who disbelieves a claim is entitled to ask for the evidence on
> which it is based.  None has been produced, nor will it be, since the
> belief is bogus.   If you make a claim "A", and someone says "I don't
> believe you", then you lose the argument if you can't support your
> claim, e.g. if your response is "bupkiss, whatever works for you" or
> "prove it".

Really?  Prove this supposition.

> Regardless, when I get the time, I will write some benchmarks to show
> (one way or the other) that "defragmenting" a disk does nothing of
> significance for I/O performance for MacOS 10.3.

Never said it did.  Said it did in 9.  You got wax in your ears?