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    Hybrid Drive vs 7200 drive???

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by stevierg, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. stevierg

    stevierg Notebook Guru

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    Is there much improvment with a 7200 speed drive compared to the new hybrid drives?
     
    stevierg, Nov 15, 2007
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Hybrid HDDs haven't really caught on as a widespread technology b/c benchmarks have shown that while costs are higher, performance increases are marginal (like Intel's Robson technology). It really is a smarter buy to just get a regular 7200RPM drive.
     
    Bog, Nov 15, 2007
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    psun786 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hybird drive should give you a better performance in boot time / OS performance since it frequently accessed data are stored on flash memory. However, this does not help the transfer time on large files.

    If you work with large files most of the time, 7200rpm will be a better choice. It has better sustained transfer rate.
     
    psun786, Nov 15, 2007
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