Comments on: Laptop Hard drive, 5400 or 7200RPM for dev? http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html Productive software development using ASP.NET, C#, Adobe Flex, and other technologies and tools. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Dar3 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html/comment-page-1#comment-1339 Dan Dar3 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:15:46 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html#comment-1339 Upgraded sometime last year from/to pretty much the same, but the ATA versions, and the difference was around 40% improvement in Windows XP on a 2 GB RAM machine - the machine was MUCH MORE responsive in development using Eclipse. Stop the SuperFetch service and try the tests again. Also might consider enabling the write-cache in Vista. http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/29/windows-vista-performance-tip-enable-write-caching/ Upgraded sometime last year from/to pretty much the same, but the ATA versions, and the difference was around 40% improvement in Windows XP on a 2 GB RAM machine – the machine was MUCH MORE responsive in development using Eclipse.

Stop the SuperFetch service and try the tests again. Also might consider enabling the write-cache in Vista.

http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/29/windows-vista-performance-tip-enable-write-caching/

]]> By: admin http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html/comment-page-1#comment-1279 admin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:19:57 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html#comment-1279 I just tried it, and it took 52 seconds from pushing the power button to being able to type my password. That's a big improvement over my initial test after installing the drive. Yay! I just tried it, and it took 52 seconds from pushing the power button to being able to type my password. That’s a big improvement over my initial test after installing the drive.

Yay!

]]> By: Matt Peterson http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html/comment-page-1#comment-1277 Matt Peterson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:03:38 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html#comment-1277 I second what Steve says... I am curious if you've noticed any difference now? I second what Steve says… I am curious if you’ve noticed any difference now?

]]> By: Jon Wise http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html/comment-page-1#comment-1275 Jon Wise Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:24:11 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html#comment-1275 My lappy has a 4200RPM drive in it. I would kill for 5400... especially when booting from cold! My lappy has a 4200RPM drive in it. I would kill for 5400… especially when booting from cold!

]]> By: Steve Campbell http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html/comment-page-1#comment-1223 Steve Campbell Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/12/laptop-hard-drive-5400-or-7200rpm-for-dev.html#comment-1223 Vista does some aggressive disk caching based on typical usage. I'd retry my "new" benchmark after a week of normal usage, to see if the caching has caught up. Vista does some aggressive disk caching based on typical usage. I’d retry my “new” benchmark after a week of normal usage, to see if the caching has caught up.

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