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Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 23:13:43 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Are those "green" drives any good?
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On Thu, 10 May 2012 21:38:20 +0200
David Haller <gentoo@dhaller.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On Wed, 09 May 2012, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >One thing we have noticed is that Samsung's recent model are not very
> >"green", they spin up slowly, use lots of power and make a racket
> >when spinning. But they do work.
> 
> Which ones? I've got one of all Models of the last years, and to none
> applies what you're saying.
> 
> -dnh
> 

I wasn't talking from my experience, I was talking from my developer
colleagues' experience. I'll find out which drive models they used.

-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com