"residentEvil", I don't think you've understood. We're talking mobile drives. The standard rotational speed for mobile drives is 4500 RPM. Before you flame another member (sorry i…

nope, it was not a flam and i do read. the question was about mobile, you answered merely as ibm. assumption was mobile, but you said market and to me, thats all inclusive to all h…

I dunno, I think that it was pretty clear that 5400 was in reference to mobile drives (I think 12,000 is the fastest for desktops?)... regardless, sean is right... 5400 RPM is the …

i wasn't saying anyone was right or wrong. i said 5400 is slow. man, people have a complex here. if you say 5400 isn't slow, deskptop or laptop, then the entire point was lost. get…

You might backup your posts with facts, like the difference in speed between whatever and whatever. If mobile hard disk drives were faster, with the technology we have today, they…

While some of sean's claims above were wrong (specifically those about thermally induced noise), he is correct that 5400RPM is the fastest available for notebook drives (4200 is st…

About the searing heat warping the innards, it turns out I was wrong. Drives might require thermal recalculation, but their innards won't warp enough to make more noise.

Whoops, I guess we posted at the same time... http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif

thank you for letting me rant. thats all i was getting at was it's slowness compared to other drives on the market. i made no claims other than to stick with seek/access times for …

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif Delete your account? That would be abuse of power. Most definitely. I just became a moderator today, perhaps right after I said "I do…

no harm, no foul. i'm easy going http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif

Getting back to the original question, I don't think the 5400 RPM drives are available yet. Are they? I just installed an 18 gig Toshiba (standard 4,200 RPM) in my G3 266 Wallst…

Can anyone with an SE FireWire iBook give me the mfr and part # of the DVD drive shown in the System Profiler? Thanks, Bill

Don't post this in two forums, and don't post it in the inappropriate forum.

HI, I just went out and got two new DVD's for my new 500mhz PowerBook. It's running OS 9.0.4 and The latest version of the DVD Player. However, when I put any of the new discs into…

Try reinstalling the DVD Software... that would be my first bet. Have you tried inserting the DVDs while holding down the 'command' and 'i' key? Doing so will force the DVD to moun…

Some people have also reported that turning off File Sharing has made that error disappear. tooki

Misha is on the right trach. Hold down the Option, Command and I keys at the same time while inserting the DVD disk. This will cause the DVD to be mounted on the desktop in ISO-96…

This could also be caused by the Mac not being able to read some DVD formats, specifically ISO 9660 Level 3 and Joliet (a Windows thing). There's a piece of freeware, Joliet Volu…

Thanks for all the help. I tried everything you said but ended up taking the darn thing in (it's not actually mine to speak of so I didn't want to hurt it). They later rang and evi…

Hi, I hope someone could answer mi questions, well The first time I connected the pismo to the tv via an svideo cable for DVD playing i just was able to run the DVD software with …

As I understand it, you can only connect TV or VGA but not both, but I can't say I've done any tests. As for how to get it to use only the TV: Have a USB device nearby (ANY device…

I sold my G4 500mhz Single CPU off just before the MP's cameout. I have been waiting for the supply of MP 500's to level off but while I have been waiting it started to think why n…

1)Except for Altivec enhanced applications, there isn't much difference between the G3 and G4 except the G4 tower has a larger graphics card. 2)The graphics card in the Powerbook a…

Newbie here, technical pc user, but What is a Pismo?