Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!anderson From: anderson@watserv1.waterloo.edu (G.Anderson - Computing Services) Subject: HARD DISK SPEED / SYSTEM SPEED Message-ID: <1990May4.140932.17845@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Fri, 4 May 90 14:09:32 GMT Lines: 11 I am looking to add a second hard disk to my MAC IIcx (5 meg memory). There seems to be about three ranges of speed 40,30,20 msec access, are the faster drives worth the additional cost? I am trying to find out if a 20 msec access drive over a 40 msec drive on my MAC will make much of a difference in general use. Comments?