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How can you tell what your hard drive speed is? Example: 7200, 5400, etc.
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Genius  |
You need the model number to look up on the manufacturer's site. You can usually get this from System Profiler. Got to Serial-ATA or ATA (depending on what type drive you have) and you should see the manufacturer and model number. Then you'll need to go to their site or search the web.
Why are you looking for this info? Something else you are looking for? === Professor Hubert Farnsworth: “Nothing is impossible. Not if you can imagine it. That’s what being a scientist is all about.” Cubert J. Farnsworth: “No, that’s what being a magical elf is all about.” |
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iBBS Addict |
The Application MacTracker will give you a good idea of what speed HD shipped with a Mac. Most (not all) Desktops ship with a 7200 rpm HD. Portables can ship with a 5400 or 7200 rpm HD. Some portables shipped with a 4200 rpm HD.
I like to equate HD speed to car engines. You don't need a 7200 rpm HD if all you do is check email and surf the web. If you are creating things in Garageband or iMovie a 5400 rpm HD is still capable of those tasks. If you are working with Final Cut Express/Pro on a daily basis, then the 7200 rpm HD is exactly what you need. It might be more fun to go up to the corner store for a Pepsi in a V8 Mustang/Camaro/Challenger, but it probably is overkill  Dave McGuire "What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?" |
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Jedi Knight  |
There are two ways.
You could try cracking open the drive and drawing a line on the radius of the platter. Then fire up the drive and count how many times the line crosses the write head. You won't ever be able to use the drive again, but you'll know how fast it spins. However, I'll bet you're looking for a less destructive way to determine this. Here you go: open disk utility in the applications/utilities folder. Click on the option above the name of your hard drive. Copy the model number under disk description and past it to the google search tab of safari. Usually amazon comes up among the list of found items. Click on the amazon match search the page using command-f for rpm. Never see a doctor whose office plants have died. |
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Poobah |
Bill: hey! your first method works!
Regarding your 2nd method, I clicked on the menu icon, clicked on about this Mac, clicked on ATA, selected and copied the hard drive model, pasted it into Google, and it works too! What do you do with the left over parts from method 1? |
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Jedi Master |
Chuck,
Separate the aluminum, copper, and steel. sell these to Haggerty Metals. Trash the rest. (Or melt them down for the gold.) |
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