[PLUG] Thinkpad T60 QXGA

Paul Mullen pm at nellump.net
Fri Dec 11 08:32:11 UTC 2009


On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:59:34PM -0800, Bill Barry wrote:
> Seriously, for a single laptop drive of the type that spins
> platters, you are not limited by a 100MB/s interface because the
> drive itself is only capable of transfer rates of  60MB/s or less.

But if the data your processor needs is already in the drive's cache,
then the fatter the pipe the better, as there's no need to wait for it
to come off the platters.

-- 
Paul



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