[geeks] Disk ugprade in Mac Mini - worth it?

[Lionel Peterson]

On Apr 3, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 01:51:03AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
>> I was dismayed to discover that the internal disk in my Mac Mini  
>> (2007
>> Intel Core2Duo) isn't any faster than the FW400 external interface:
>> http://www.mrbill.net/disktest.html
>> Internal drive is a 160G 5400rpm with 8M cache.
>> So, I'm thinking of dropping one of these babies in:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136279
>> 7200rpm, 16M cache, WD's "Black" performance line.
>
> Just FYI - effort was definitely worth it.
>
> See disk results before and after:
>
> http://www.mrbill.net/disktest.html

Bill,

Wow!

I wonder if the latest MacMini has a 7200 RPM drive, given the  
performance difference...

I assume this performance improvement is noticable at the desktop  
level, correct?

I know what I'm going to put in my current-gen MacMini. ;^)

Thanks,

Lionel