HM>>> But you reported 5.7mb/s with CheckItPro

 >> I think not, Hamish. Engage brain before opening mouth.

 >> 1.7mb??! HAHAHAHA! Christ, my Conner 170mb drive gives me just
 >> under 4mb/second with a VLB controller on my 486SX-33...
 >> BWAHAHAHA..

 HM> I'm sure at one stage you said 5.7mb/s.

I didn't though.

 HM>  Anyway, 4mb/s is really no difference; it's still not factual.

Sorry, Hamish, but it is factual. You simply cannot admit that you're wrong.

 >> That's right. Which means that my Conner is about the same speed as
 >> your wonderful WD, even though my Conner is over 3 years old.

 HM> No, it doesn't mean that at all.

You're wrong again.

 HM> I do have CheckItPro, but I don't think it's worth testing the WD 730 with
 HM> it, because its results are clearly incorrect.

Wrong.

 HM> I have the same Conner drive you have, Grant.

No you don't Hamish. You said yourself that you have a CP drive. I have a
CFA drive. There is a large difference.

 HM>  It scores about 800-900k on Norton 7 SYSINFO.

Good for it. My CFA scores about 2.5mb/sec on Norton 8 SYSINFO.

 HM> The new Western Digital drives are noisy, and a little clunky.

Finally! You've just noticed my main argument! Hooray.

 HM> However, it most certainly is much faster than the ancient, slow
 HM> Conner 170.

It may be old, but it outperforms your drives. Slow?! Hardly. But then
again, even if I did have a slow drive, it would still outperform yours.

 HM>  I have both, you only have the Conner and some false statistics.

Sorry, wrong again. You have a CP, I have a CFA. Large difference.

 HM> You have some strange attitudes towards some suppliers Grant. For
 HM> example, I know you won't buy any CPU not made by Intel.

That is correct.

 HM> Measured with Norton Sysinfo 7.

I suggest you get a later version, then.

 HM>  Those two PCs are also much more stable than the Intel box.

Ever thought that the motherbaord is probably to blame?

 HM>>> Thanks Grant. Dug your own grave once again.
 >> I don't think so, dickhead.

 HM> I have a nasty suspicion you're not going to win this year's Nobel
 HM> Prize for Literature.

And who'd want to?

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