Hi Bill,
Thanks for the answer - see, I'm considering getting a small laptop/netbookto use exclusively on its own battery or a larger rechargeable source; thestore would let me bring it back if I didn't like it, but it comes with a HDD instead of an SSD, which, if it emits all the time, wouldn't help me get a clear picture of how the machine will be when I test it.
I would in any case want to replace the HDD with a solid state drive; I'm just trying to figure out if I'd need the solid state drive on hand from thebeginning to swap into place of the HDD.
The company does make a model with a SSD built in, but apparently the rest of the system isn't as good as the newer models and costs more.
I guess that either way I have to spend a bit extra to get what I want...
Thanks!
R.
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[hidden email], Bill Bruno <wbruno@...> wrote:
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> I think some people react more when the disk is reading & writing.
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> At close range it probably has a nasty magnetic field when spinning,
> which most do all the time. But that may be at just a few inches.
> There is probably a dc controller which probably emits RF all the time.
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> Solid state drives solve all of that, but you still have a power supply,
> although a laptop using batteries may not have that?
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> Bill
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> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:42 AM, rticleone <rticleone@...> wrote:
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> > As far as conventional (magnetic/mechanical) computer hard drives are
> > concerned, are they a source of emissions (magnetic, electrical, or RF)only
> > when they are in use (reading/writing data), or any time the computer is on?
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> > Thanks for your help!
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> > R.
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