will the average (L)user

oldschool · 03-03-2008, 12:57 PM

Notice any big difference between a 320 gig drive running at 5400RPM vs. 7200RPM - with 4 gigs of ram and a dual core 2 chip (T5450 1.67ghz)

Applications that will be used - word, excel, outlook, e-mail, internet - pretty much standard stuff (oh and pictures of the grand kids) remote connectivity through gotomypc to our database.

Thanks

this day can't go fast enough

brycelarson · 03-03-2008, 01:38 PM

only when loading really really big files.

but the quick answer is "no"

what OS?

CrazyBoy78 · 03-03-2008, 01:38 PM

Doubt it.

Lrrpie-CT · 03-03-2008, 01:39 PM

Only if they know they have a 5400 rather than a 7200 and are "smart" enough to understand the gobbledy-gook.

incynr8 · 03-03-2008, 01:40 PM

NEIN!

incynr8 · 03-03-2008, 01:41 PM

average user troubleshooting logic:
"ever since you flushed the toilet, my car won't start"

Formula:
Establish casually associated causality (that with any superior knowledge is unrelated), use derived blame to self-diagnose problem (real or imagined)

Azzy · 03-03-2008, 01:44 PM

If it is the boot drive, they may notice the performance lag in loading programs and the OS.

Who makes a non laptop 5400 drive these days?

Lrrpie-CT · 03-03-2008, 01:47 PM

Tell the luser that you chose a 300,000 rpm drive and a 16 core cpu because you thought that their time and effort is just that important to the company.

oldschool · 03-03-2008, 01:55 PM

thanks all - kind of what I thought but bosses are being PITA over this

and it will have Vista and Office 2007 instead of XP and Office 2000 which they are used to
mwah ha ha ha

Azzy · 03-03-2008, 01:58 PM

Office 2007? faster drive, or they will complain about the lag. trust me...

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incynr8 .:\|Purification Admin\|:. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA Posts: 5,037	average user troubleshooting logic: "ever since you flushed the toilet, my car won't start" Formula: Establish casually associated causality (that with any superior knowledge is unrelated), use derived blame to self-diagnose problem (real or imagined) __________________ Advertise on MCB That's two-ing thirteen while she's eleven-ing your five........ PPS4LIFE

03-03-2008, 01:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lrrpie-CT See Matt Mod. Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem CT Posts: 2,627	Only if they know they have a 5400 rather than a 7200 and are "smart" enough to understand the gobbledy-gook.

03-03-2008, 01:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Azzy Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA Posts: 6,948	If it is the boot drive, they may notice the performance lag in loading programs and the OS. Who makes a non laptop 5400 drive these days? __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel webmaster - Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 Check out VintageRex.com, the premiere paintball museum "A Patriot and free-thinker with respect to social standards in 1760, is today's traitor and dangerous mind." - incynr8

03-03-2008, 01:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lrrpie-CT See Matt Mod. Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem CT Posts: 2,627	Tell the luser that you chose a 300,000 rpm drive and a 16 core cpu because you thought that their time and effort is just that important to the company.

03-03-2008, 01:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
oldschool Moderating in Moderation Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 4,671	thanks all - kind of what I thought but bosses are being PITA over this and it will have Vista and Office 2007 instead of XP and Office 2000 which they are used to mwah ha ha ha __________________ Its all peaches & sunshine baby, peaches & sunshine.. Obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant One of the two proud members left - D FLT And I feel a whole lot better when youre gone Politically, Socially and Aerodynamically Incorrect Everything I have ever loved is immoral or illegal Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. I'm a walking turn on....

03-03-2008, 01:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
Azzy Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA Posts: 6,948	Office 2007? faster drive, or they will complain about the lag. trust me... __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel webmaster - Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 Check out VintageRex.com, the premiere paintball museum "A Patriot and free-thinker with respect to social standards in 1760, is today's traitor and dangerous mind." - incynr8