Sean Yes, that all helps. It makes it easier when you begin to understand the numbers. A friend recommended the 7200 speed, and he's in adaptive technology person. Other than going by what he said, I have no other insights. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean M McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: Re: new computer buying > Glad I helped a little. Glad I was able to translate something in geek to > English. If I couldn't do that, I didn't learn enough in College. I > don't know about that specific number for the harddrive. Just remember if > you see 2 computers with the same processor speed and different rpm speeds > for the harddrive, the bigger rpm speed will run faster. 3.0GHZ pentium > 4 with 7200RPM runns faster than 3.0GHZ Pentium 4 with 6200RPM. Whether > you want to pay more for a faster harddrive, and I don't even know if > that's an option, is up to your pocketbook. > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx