For a number of reasons the total storage capacity for a 5, 400 RPM disk can be higher than a 7, 200 RPM disk.
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Configure-to-order options include up to 8 GBs of memory, a faster 7200 RPM hard drive and a 256GB solid state drive.
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Take Apple 's iPod, which lets today's teenagers download any song for 99 cents--one-quarter of the price (in constant dollars) that kids in 1975 paid for a 45 rpm vinyl record.
Thus a 5, 400 RPM HDD can use the flash memory for speeding performance while providing as much as 30% higher storage capacity for a given number of active disk surfaces than a 7, 200 RPM drive.
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Take Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod, which lets today's teenagers download any song for 99 cents--one-quarter of the price (in constant dollars) that kids in 1975 paid for a 45 rpm vinyl record.
The engine gives 800 CV and revs to a maximum of 9, 250 rpm, a record for an engine of this displacement.
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The base model is tricked out with an Intel i7 3630QM 2.4GHz processor, an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 670MX 3GB GPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive, an 8x DVD drive, an 8-cell battery and a 17.3-inch glossy, backlit display.
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The trick is to apply small amounts of energy to the particular sticks under the few plates at a time that are approaching a critical low RPM.
Peak torque arrives quickly, at 3, 250 rpm, and the squirt from a standing stop to that rpm comes on with great urgency because the newest Bentley uses twin turbochargers that spool up very rapidly.
"There'll be a trend toward 7200 rpm by the end of 1999, " predicts John Mason, director of product marketing at Compaq.
Spinning at 10, 000 rpm with a brisk 5.7-millisecond seek time, the lightning-fast Cheetah needs a pair of 6-inch bolts to hold it down.
Others are offering continuously variable transmissions (CVT), which have no traditional gears but keep the engine at its most fuel-efficient RPM across a wide range of speeds.
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The Signature Performance model is powered by a 416-horsepower AC synchronous electric motor producing 443 pound-feet of torque between zero and 5, 100 rpm, with a zero-to-60-mph acceleration of 4.4 seconds and a quarter-mile elapsed time of 12.6 seconds.
Following tests on a 400-kilowatt model motor, a four-megawatt (MW) generator operating at 3, 600 rpm was subjected to a program of long-term tests.
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Having a Top 20 hit in the 1960s meant a guaranteed demand for 45 rpm singles.
OK. Nail the gas, and at 3, 600 rpm you get a triumphant 302 foot-pounds of torque.
The G-DRIVE solution features fast 7, 200 RPM drives and a fan-less cooling system for a quiet operation.
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You can bump up the hard drive to 40GB running at a speedier 5, 400 rpm if you so desire, though you'll have to give up about two hours of battery life for the pleasure.
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HCD-14 Genesis exhaust is ceramic-lined and was tuned for minimal backpressure, maximum high-rpm horsepower, and a deep baritone note, with cooling fins integrated into ultra-wide exhaust tips.
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The AL13SE is the first 10, 000 RPM class model enterprise drive from Toshiba to achieve 900GB capacity and is also the first of Toshiba's 10, 000 RPM drives to employ a dual-stage head positioning actuator that provides additional performance gains, including a 32% increase in sustained transfer rate.
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Just a year and a half into Gillett's reign RPM nearly sank amid the global financial crisis, the troubles of U.S. car manufacturers who pay for much of the sport and Gillett's debt problems.
It scrapes away (rather than evaporates) water using two jets of HEPA-filtered air that reach top speeds of 430 mph and are powered by a proprietary motor that accelerates from a dead stop to 95, 000 rpm in 0.7 second flat.
Researchers at Nippon Hoso Kyokai are working with engineers at the Science and Technical Research Laboratories (STRL) to create an "optical disc recording system based on consumer Blu-ray disc technology that can spin as fast as 15, 000 RPM" without worry of a disc experiencing a complete meltdown and shattering within the drive.
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With a flip of the traction-control switch and a depression of the accelerator, the needle red-lined on the rpm gauge and the car sprang out of the snow with the alacrity of a mountain goat.
Peak power comes on later, at 7, 400 rpm vs. 7, 000 rpm, unexpectedly high revolutions for a rather beefy engine.
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The GTS's star attraction is its torque-rich 4.8-liter V8, the same dry-sump, alloy-block engine as in the all-wheel-drive Panamera 4S but let off the leash a bit, with a higher redline (7, 100-rpm fuel shut-off), lumpier cam-lift logic, more aggressive transmission software (quicker, harder shifts available from the dual-clutch PDK gearbox), and additional cold-air boxes with active shutters behind lower lateral bumper intakes.
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This was followed by tests on a 4 MW high-torque motor at 120 rpm.
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Featuring a 2.5-inch 7, 200 RPM hard drive, the G-DRIVE mini is the high-performance solution designed specially with the content creator in mind.
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The faintest shudder, coming from many decks below, is your only sign that a 52-pound crankshaft has suddenly accelerated to 800 rpm.
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