Which hard drive in the new 2008 imacs is the fastest?

[ASFx]

In the new 3GHz imac, the apple stores lists 500gb, 750gb, and 1TB but does not list the speed or brands of the drives. I expect that the 1TB would be slower than the 500gb and 750gb, but are the 500gb and 750gb equal in speed?

 

[ROFISH]

If you care about hard drive speed, throw the 500GB out and put one of those new 300GB VelociRaptors in. (Provided it fits of course, I don't think the iMac requires a standard SATA backplane like the Mac Pro/Xserve does.)

 

[ASFx]

I really didn't want to risk opening it. I've heard really bad stories about people getting a bunch of dust in their screens after they opened up their imac.

 

[ASFx]

Anyone else have an opinion on this? It's difficult to find info on what brand/model/speed these hard drives are.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Anyone else have an opinion on this? It's difficult to find info on what brand/model/speed these hard drives are.

Apple uses various drives based on price/availability. No guarantee
that two "identical" iMacs will have the same internal drive. It's purely
a matter of "luck of the draw."

WRT WesternDigital's VelociRaptor -- they're quick, but only slightly
faster than Seagate's 7200.11 family (500GB, 750BG, 1TB), and not
quite as fast as Samsung's 1TB Spinpoint F1. A 300GB VelociRaptor
also costs far more than fast 1TB drives from Seagate or Samsung.

LK