I definitely noticed the difference when I added a Western Digital SE drive with 8MB cache and 7200 rpm rotation speed. -Hal On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 09:42 PM, Chris Searles wrote: > on 23.02.2003 22:56 Uhr, Hal at kastegir at mac.com typed vigorously: > >> I'd consider a >> fast (7200 rpm, 8mb cache) hard drive > > How crucial is the 8mb cache? Those external D2 drives from LaCie look > very > nice but only have a 2mb buffe.r (Their name for cache I guess). > > chris searles