<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes,<DIV>the higher the number, the faster the data access time.</DIV><DIV>But beware of the "cheapest drive" price. I hate to lose data!! ;)</DIV><DIV>mikey</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 25, 2005, at 1:01 PM, <A href="mailto:titanium-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">titanium-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Lucida Sans Typewriter">Does the drive speed affect how fast your computer will run?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Lucida Sans Typewriter">7200rpm Does the rpm stand for rotations per minute? And so buying a drive at<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Lucida Sans Typewriter">5400 or 4200 is buying a much slower drive, hence slower processing? I'm<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Lucida Sans Typewriter">asking not telling.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>