Hello Grant!

Friday March 31 1995 07:18, Grant Beattie wrote to Hamish Moffatt:

 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..

I'm sure at one stage you said 5.7mb/s. Anyway, 4mb/s is really no
difference; it's still not factual.

 HM>> then say Coretest which is proven only got 1.65mb/sec?
 > 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.

No, it doesn't mean that at all. CheckItPro reports 4mb/s, Coretest reports
1.65mb/s? I haven't tested my Western Dig with either of those products, so
I don't think we have a common product to compare with. Norton 7 reports
1.7mb/s, and I understand Nortons is somewhat conservative. I do have
CheckItPro, but I don't think it's worth testing the WD 730 with it,
because its results are clearly incorrect.

I have the same Conner drive you have, Grant. It scores about 800-900k on
Norton 7 SYSINFO.

 > Hamish, the WD 850 is a piece of shit, and I've just proven it, and you've
 > just discovered it.

That's interesting; I've never mentioned the 850, yet I've just discovered it's
shit? Thanks Grant, now I too can base my entire life on false statistics.

The new Western Digital drives are noisy, and a little clunky. However, it
most certainly is much faster than the ancient, slow Conner 170. I have
both, you only have the Conner and some false statistics.

You have some strange attitudes towards some suppliers Grant. For example,
I know you won't buy any CPU not made by Intel. I have two UMC 486SX-33
boxes that outperform my Intel 486SX-33 box by nearly 30%. Measured with
Norton Sysinfo 7. Those two PCs are also much more stable than the Intel
box.

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

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

Regards,
Hamish

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