Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 3rd Mar 2003 20:39 UTC
OSNews featured two reviews of the new 12" Powerbook from Apple last month. Using a machine and more fairly evaluating it, is a continuous process, so when new facts emerge, we should be reporting them back. So, what I discovered this weekend is that my 12" Powerbook doesn't like... the mountains. Read on, it is an interesting issue. Update: The issue is now logged at Apple's tech support db.
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I can imagine two reasons why altitude could affect HDs:
-The lower air pressure means that conductive/convective heat dissipation won't work as well, as evidenced by the fact that the fan of the PB turned on.
-The lower pressure inside the drive could cause the moving parts of the drive (namely, the arm) to overshoot when doing long seeks, since air friction will be lower at such an altitude. At some point, the drive may notice that it keeps overshooting tracks, and will park/unpark its heads to try to re-calibrate - but unfortunately misdiagnoses the issue and continues overshooting.
Now, those are just ideas, I have neither the tools, nor the knowledge, not the time, not the required altitude to perform further testing.