Posts by redgiki

An external hard drive is very helpful so that you can do sequential reads and writes without your heads skipping around too much. If you can isolate your audio to a separate drive, you can do the math. A "typical" 7200 RPM...

Quote: Originally Posted by Studio54 How do u benchmark a hd? Well, on Linux, there's an easy, "quick and dirty" transfer test: hdparm -Tt /dev/hdc You can also create a large file (say, 1GB so...

PCMCIA peripherals generally have faster throughput, lower latency, and require less CPU usage than USB peripherals. However, they suck battery life, frequently get quite warm, and on many laptops you're limited to only running one PC...

There are several solutions. 1. Set up a share on the box with the biggest hard drive. If you want to make sure that folders stay synchronized, just set up the client computer (probably the laptop) so that it can use the files...

Quote: Originally Posted by Entropius ...turn SSID broadcast off so it won't show up in any scans they run. I'm a UNIX and network admin for a living. SSID scanning is only the first thing you do in finding...

You need to check the power adapter for compatability. Input volts and amps, output volts and amps. If they don't match (or very close to it), there's no chance of making them compatible. I'd suggest very strongly that you not...

Yeah, sustained transfer rates of most disks hover between 20-30mbytes/sec. That's reads; writes are often 1/3 of read speed or less. It's not the bus speed that's slowing down HDD access, even over Firewire 400. It's the disk itself....

I'm a sucker for high-resolution. I used to run my old 14" CRT at 1024x768 because I liked having the real estate. I routinely run 17" and 19" monitors at 1600x1200 because I need the space for my DAW. 1900xWhatever is a...

The $450 savings was reason enough for me to refuse the order on my current Dell and get the new one. I had the usual "web site" $350 off. Then I used the $800 coupon, and found out I could get a brand-new 9300 with the nice...

The route I took with my i9300 order was to go ahead and get the 60GB, 7200 RPM internal hard drive. That way, if I'm gigging, I have an internal drive I can still use even if I don't have outlets for wall warts or table space for my...