#MAX, Is it real?
Right. Hmmm…I guess I didn't word that properly, Kevin. What I meant
was, because the inner tracks are closer to the hub of the hard
drive, they actually travel slower under the heads (compared to the
outer tracks), making for a slight decrease in performance. This is
especially noticable in the newer, AV-class drives. As the drive
fills up (from the outside in) the performace hit can sometimes be
noticed. At least this was how it was explained to me by a hard drive
designer-type person.