So far so good. Key benefits of this model over older WD Black drives (except 1TB FAEX) are that this has 500GB platters and dual actuator technology. Larger and multiple platters result in higher read/write speeds due to higher areal density, dual actuator means the drive heads can read data with greater precision and granularity.
Finally taking the jump to Four-Core. All about Hyper-Threading. Though a bit late, this’ll be a work in progress for all my work (in progress).
Thanks again to all the help from tech gurus: C.mo, and Justin Rimando. Also REL and Film Director B.Badion for the common sense.
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The new Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors support Hyper-Threading, which allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core. So an 8-core Mac Pro presents 16 virtual cores that are recognized by Mac OS X. Performance is enhanced because Hyper-Threading enables the processor to take better advantage of the execution resources available in each core.
CS5 | Ai, Ps :: HDR
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