Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:57:30 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <150420171210307864%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:411836 sci.physics:630984 alt.privacy.anon-server:59264 comp.sys.mac.system:105696 alt.comp.os.windows-10:41123 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1682 On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:06:21 +0100, Snit wrote: > On 4/27/17, 3:51 PM, in article op.yzdlsepojs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson > Sword" wrote: > >> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:20:07 +0100, Snit wrote: >> >>> On 4/15/17, 9:10 AM, in article 150420171210307864%nospam@nospam.invalid, >>> "nospam" wrote: >>> >>>> In article , Snit >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> The last is solved by "disk light" - an extension for Mac OS. Anybody >>>>>> even >>>>>> mildly technical wanted it. It's the only way to tell if the machine has >>>>>> crashed or is busy. >>>>> >>>>> Crashed or is busy? OK, Macs have horrid disk access speeds (those with >>>>> hard >>>>> drives) >>>> >>>> no they don't. >>> >>> They have an outdated file system (which is going to change soon, FINALLY) >>> running of absurdly slow drives (5400 rpm). >> >> Oh come on, don't Macs use SSDs? Nobody uses mechanical hard disks anymore >> apart from if you need huge storage. > > The iMacs still come, standard, with not just a hard disk but a damned slow > one. SSDs are still too expensive for the type storage you see on desktops, > 1TB and above but they should at least come with Fusion drives. And really a > 5400 rpm on a desktop at that price range is insane. 1TB of SSD is quite feasible in price. I have a 3TB mirrored hard disk, but the OS and anything regularly used is on SSD. -- I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours -- Stephen Roberts