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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hard disks
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Date: 18 Mar 88 04:43:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Mar 17 22:43:00 1988


The 40Mb and 80Mb Apple (and CMS) disks are made by quantum.  The
access time is 26.5ms on these disks.  So the 60Mb disk is slower
(40ms).  In fact, 40ms is "unusually" slow for a 60Mb disk.  That's
probably part of the reason why they're cheaper.

Seagate is the highest-volume manufacturer of sealed hard disks (this
from a seagate employee).  I think they make more than 1 million disks
per month, and have almost half (50%) of the market for hard-disk
units.  So it is understandable that their drives are the cheapest.