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On Sunday 15 Jun 2014 20:37:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 15/06/2014 09:27, Mick wrote: |
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> >> And maybe your disks are tired too :-) . You do have hdparm results from |
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> >> > 4 years ago to compare? |
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> > I have not install hdparm on this laptop, thinking that I do not really |
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> > need it for anything. Anyway, do disks spin slower with age? Even if |
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> > their bearings theoretically wear out and eventually slow down, would |
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> > this be perceptible? |
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> > What readings would I be comparing? hdparm -t and -T? |
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> Yes, I'd look at those two. If disk performance was suffering due to |
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> age, I'd expect your seek times to suffer and that should show up with -tT |
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> Not too sure really how wear and tear translates to real life; overall |
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> it's probably just simple bloat you have, to borrow Walter's analogy you |
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> started with a sub-compact and now have a ginormous SUV! |
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I think that's call progress. ;-) |
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The Internet has grown and technology develops to deliver all this new |
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functionality that lynx can't really provide. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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