Re: which PC

nospam wrote:
In article <g66dndPeHMyOTOTbnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ron Hunter
<rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Please read all of the following URLs, and stop making a fool of yourself.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668

quoting,

For these reasons, there is little benefit to defragmenting.
...
If your disks are almost full, and you often modify or create large
files (such as editing video, but see the Tip below if you use iMovie
and Mac OS X 10.3), there's a chance the disks could be fragmented.
In this case, you /might/ benefit from defragmentation.

'might benefit' ?? yea, that's a compelling reason to defragment. furthermore, mac os x 10.3 came out in 2003 - apparently that issue has
been resolved since it does not say os x 10.4 users are affected.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

this is about fixing disk problems, not routine defragmentation and
performance. all it says about fragmentation is:

fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about
your disk's use and fragmentation.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Enhancing_Performance_Of_Mac_OS_X

The file system that OS X uses (HFS+ or JHFS+) has some on-the-fly
disk optimization that will help prevent massive fragmentation on
that volume.

look, fragmentation *can* be an issue in *specific* circumstances, but
in the sheer majority of situations, the difference is imperceptible,
at least on macs. video is obviously one instance where it can be an
issue, and ideally, as the macrumors article states, a second hard
drive is helpful.

and why is it that non-mac users think they know how a mac works better
than those who actually do use a mac, or more importantly, better than
the company that *makes* the mac?

The references were supplied to prove that the statement that 'Macs don't fragment files' was completely incorrect. Even Apple states that files DO fragment. They just make the statement that this 'usually doesn't impair function'. What they consider impairment may not match what an individual user perceives as impairment. For normal disk use, Windows users wouldn't notice fragmentation delays either. Those of us who like to get maximum performance from our computers DO watch such things. Maybe it borders on obsession, but it DOES matter, even if the 'matter' is only a few milliseconds here and there.
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