Partioning

[Andy]

What are people's thoughts on partioning disks for speed? Is it true
that the first partition on a disk is at the outside edge, and that data
in it will be read faster - or is this a myth?

(Actually, wouldn't same-partitions need to be spread in the same
position over multiple platters?)

Could you expect to see OS X boot a couple of seconds faster with data
on the outside rather than the inside edge of the disk? :)

I've heard that defragmentation in Unix-based OSes isn't really an issue
because of its intelligent file handling - is this true of OS X?

It's all questions with me, isn't it?

Thanks,

Andy