Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!cogsci!costin From: costin@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Dan Costin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Mac hard disk speed vs. cost Message-ID: <208@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> Date: 19 Oct 90 20:11:08 GMT Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 9 What's the approximate access time for internal Mac hard disks that come installed from Apple? I'm most interested in 40 meg disks. Prices for Quantum external hard disks with 12ms access times in the back of MacWorld are as low as $430. Am I right in assuming that Mac hard disks are not quite as fast? Does anyone have any experience with such Quantum drives? -dan