At 12:37 PM -0400 4/23/04, John Griffin wrote: >Well, if you look at the specs between a Toshiba drive that rotates at 5400 >versus a drive that rotates at 4200, these are the differences: > >MK6022GAX has: > >Start: 5.0w >Seek: 2.9w >R/W: 2.5w >Idle: 1.05w >Sby: 0.25w >Sleep: 0.1w > >MK6021GAS has: > >Start: 4.7w >Seek: 2.6w >R/W: 2.3w >Idle: 0.9w >Sby: 0.25w >Sleep: 0.1w I'd be interested to know the transfer rates of the 100 GB (4200 RPM) drive vs. an 80 GB (5400 RPM) one. -- Regards, Steve (is tv wake zone?)