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Old 04-12-2009, 11:17 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero View Post
keep the SSD
freefall sensor...so from my understanding it parks the spinning disk to a stop right before it impacts the ground?

Doesnt that happen in less than a minute..how does that work when the drive is spinning 5400-7200 RPM?
Yeah I was thinking of the SSD however I'm thinking of installing OS X as well. The free fall parks the drive heads in milliseconds. The platters still spin but since the heads are parked the won't get damaged.
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