Awesome article Scott!!!!

There are two more elements to this that havn't been discussed and that is the amount of Cache memory and shock rating on the drive. The more cache memory, the faster subsequent reads/writes will be. This effectively makes the drive act faster.

I think the 5400 rpm drives will be perfect for the Tyros.

I'm actually more concerned about the shock/g rating of the drive then the read/write speed. If your transporting your Tyros as a working musician, this is very important as no matter how careful we are with our gear, it always get's knocked around, jarred, and bumped. The SHOCK rating of the drive should be an important metric in determining the reliability of the drive. I noticed the Hitachi drive mentioned above has a shock rating of Provides an operational shock rating of up to 200Gs at (2ms), the Samsung Drive has a similar shock rating of 200-250G http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc/...=Specifications

So the only shock value you get is in the sticker price! (pun intended)


Al

[This message has been edited by kbrkr (edited 11-15-2005).]