How to determine the speed of my HD?

andersanders
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I have just bought a new Mac Mini with a 80 GB HD. Its fast compared to my other machine (800 Mhz iBook). But I would really like to know if I could speed up the HD.



So is there an easy way to determine the speed of the HD on this baby?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    bergzbergz Posts: 1,045member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    I have just bought a new Mac Mini with a 80 GB HD. Its fast compared to my other machine (800 Mhz iBook). But I would really like to know if I could speed up the HD.



    So is there an easy way to determine the speed of the HD on this baby?



    The easiest thing would be to do a google search for your HD's serial #. Go to System Profiler-->ATA and you'll find the # there. Then a simple google search and voila!



    My PB's is 5400 rpm, in case you were wondering.



    --B
  • Reply 2 of 6
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Thanks.



    Its a 4200 drive. Lot of room for improvement
  • Reply 3 of 6
    bergzbergz Posts: 1,045member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Thanks.



    Its a 4200 drive. Lot of room for improvement



    If you want your mini to go really fast:







    --B
  • Reply 4 of 6
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Thanks.



    Its a 4200 drive. Lot of room for improvement



    Good god. Surely Apple could have used a faster HD.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    I have just bought a new Mac Mini with a 80 GB HD. Its fast compared to my other machine (800 Mhz iBook). But I would really like to know if I could speed up the HD.



    So is there an easy way to determine the speed of the HD on this baby?



    Two quick points:



    1.xbench.com your hard disk.

    2.upgrade eg. 2.5" seagate momentus 7200

    or another 7200rpm 8mb cache 2.5" drive. sweet. definite

    performance improvements.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Thanks.



    Its a 4200 drive. Lot of room for improvement



    If you'd bought the Mini with 40GB, you'd have a 5400, like me.



    But you do have more cache in the drive than I do... (8MB vs my 2MB)
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