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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:30:46 -0200 (BRST)
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Could be that sending out a request which is larger than a track is
> saving a rev of the disk for some reason.

I guess disks are optimised for the benchmarks that are
run by popular PC magazines ...

After all, those benchmarks and the sales price are the
main factors determining sales ;)

Rik
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