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Replacement imac has slower drive
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I have just received my new aluminum imac. It has a hitachi drive, (that is slower than my last imac drive which is a western digital) Why must apple change the hard drive to slower one?
My replacement iMac 24" serial YM China has a Hitachi drive.
I dont know whether its slower tho? It appears to be just as quiet.
All my other iMac's were from serial's W8 China and all had WD hard drives.
Take care
I take it back, the Hitachi drives *are* noisier than the standard WD.
I could never hear the WD's but this Hitachi is loud, clicking and churning I'm returning it anyway for a different reason but I'm hoping for another WD and as a side note the optical drive is an Optiarc and it has a serious burning issue, doesn't matter what DVD burn speed you use it's always slow hovering around 2-3x and yes I've tried different media etc.
Anyway hope your all doing well.
I could never hear the WD's but this Hitachi is loud, clicking and churning
I'm returning it anyway for a different reason but I'm hoping for another WD and as a side note the optical drive is an Optiarc and it has a serious burning issue, doesn't matter what DVD burn speed you use it's always slow hovering around 2-3x and yes I've tried different media etc.Anyway hope your all doing well.
mine is YM also but came with WD, so quiet i cant even hear it at all.. I feel for you , my old laptop has a loud drive and it was really annoying..
All of mine were new. Not sure about the OP's tho?
His and mine are the only 2 that use Hitachi out of about 15 24" iMac's I've seen so theres a good chance I'll get WD next time.