We test the performance of the 7,200 rpm mechanical hard drive on this page.
Very poor results from the internal 2.5 inch mechanical hard drive, peaking close to 110 MB/s in both read and write sequential tests.
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The results are mirrored in the ATTO Disk Benchmark, peaking around 110 MB/s in both the sequential read and write tests. In real world terms this system takes around 1 minute to boot up and become responsive. When we deinstalled the Norton bloatware it helped a little, but this system really does need a Solid State Drive.
No laptop is worth that money, u could get a PC that blows that out of the water for the same price
When I see a mechanical drive now in such a machine I always despair. its such an oversight as nothing is more important for a machine than a fast drive. even the CPU or GPU isnt as important.
@ Stephen, well you can’t really carry around a £1,000 desktop, or put it in a bag in cabin luggage on a plane. Its horses for courses. Many people love these tiny little machines for mobile gaming.
I think MSI dropped the ball a little with this spec though.
is this windows 7 or 8 ?
What do you think it is? Microsoft is paying big money to shove win 8 down our throats.
I bought this laptop last week and it came with a 128 ssd + 750 gig standard HD. I upgraded the ram to 16 gigs and so far it’s been a great little machine. The pre installed software bloat is definitely an issue though. Navigating the msi site for driver updates is also a bit of a pain. If you go to the main site it’s alright but picking the Canadian site and trying to find any information is completely useless.
The machine ships with Windows 8. I got the machine with no OS installed and slapped on Windows 7. All drivers available on the product page at MSI.com