From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 08:38:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F7B716A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:38:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from sizone.org (mortar.sizone.org [65.126.154.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C112A43D3F for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:38:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by sizone.org (Postfix, from userid 66) id 0915930862; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:38:27 -0500 (EST) Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id 98BF51D1FB8; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:38:26 -0500 (EST) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16401.19970.471799.464038@canoe.dclg.ca> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:38:26 -0500 To: Jamie Bowden In-Reply-To: <20040123083134.B78161-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <16400.33190.25580.251371@canoe.dclg.ca> <20040123083134.B78161-100000@moo.sysabend.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid cc: dell-d800@eicat.ca cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org cc: Mike Hunter cc: David Gilbert Subject: Re: [D800] Dell D800 (FBSD 5.2-release) Broadcom BCM5705M MTU/Jumbo Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:38:32 -0000 >>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Bowden writes: Jamie> The 40GB disk is 7200 RPM, but the others offered on that model Jamie> are all 5400RPM. I was going to order mine with the 60G disk Jamie> until my Dell rep. told me that little tidbit. I chose the storage over speed. Besides 60G at 5400 RPM (in terms of raw data rate) is almost as fast as 40G at 7200 RPM. Either way, this is pretty slow compared to the 120G and larger drives in desktops. Jamie> I'm curious why the 800 would have the lower end chip, it's a Jamie> higher end laptop all around when compared to the 600. I've been wondering if it's a revision thing. Maybe newer D800's have the better chip. Maybe the power profile of the 'M' chip is "better" ... Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================