Powerbook G4 RAID
seeing how expansive the 17 inch is it made me think that there must be a lot of new free space inside the case.
it would be nice if apple added a second bay to the 17 inch whether for another battery, hard drive, even optical drive.
or perhaps they could have space for a 2nd internal ATA drive.... the first portable RAID... laptop drives are notoriously slow..... RAIDing them.... apple would have the best performing laptop without a doubt.... of course heat and power requirements would come into effect
it would be nice if apple added a second bay to the 17 inch whether for another battery, hard drive, even optical drive.
or perhaps they could have space for a 2nd internal ATA drive.... the first portable RAID... laptop drives are notoriously slow..... RAIDing them.... apple would have the best performing laptop without a doubt.... of course heat and power requirements would come into effect
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thanks,
m2
thanks,
m2
the move from ata/66 to ata/100 seems more like one of cost (100 probably cheaper now) than one for performance.
m2
Second, what kind of battery life do you really think a system with that many hard drives would get? An hour or hour and a half? You are NUTS if you think they are coming out with a RAID system for laptops.
He11, they couldn't even get the server raid system out the door in time.
m2
<strong>First, if you want faster drive access just upgrade to a faster drive. Apple uses the slowest drives around to save on cost.
Second, what kind of battery life do you really think a system with that many hard drives would get? An hour or hour and a half? You are NUTS if you think they are coming out with a RAID system for laptops.
He11, they couldn't even get the server raid system out the door in time.</strong><hr></blockquote>
1. even the fastest portable drives are slow
2. battery life would be a problem but i dont think the drop would be near as drasic as you make it seem. maybe down to 2-3 hours from the 4.5 hour claim. but new battery technologies could always improve that
3. the 17 inch powerbook is hardly meant to be used strictly on battery power. it basically requires a desk and is meant just to be moved from place to place. as a result, I assume most work on it will be done when plugged in.
4. I dont think this will happen... i dont expect it.... i just though of it... there's a difference
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3. the 17 inch powerbook is hardly meant to be used strictly on battery power. it basically requires a desk and is meant just to be moved from place to place. as a result, I assume most work on it will be done when plugged in.</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is why I expect it (or at least dual processors) to happen eventually. Currently I think it's probably considered unnecessary because the Mac portables perform well compared to PC counterparts so there's no reason to completely outshine the competition right now. Once the desktops are on par or better than PCs, the portables can be upped. Profit margins on those machines would be high and sales even higher...it is the growth sector of the market and a nice ace up the sleeve of Apple.
Instead of an internal second drive, perhaps the return of the drive bay would be better. Since it wouldn't be a RAID, you would lose the extra speed, but it does bring other positives.