02-01-2010, 03:33 PM
Doc wrote:
> anything that makes it spin up also brings on the rainbow wheel...
The Finder or Disk Utility might briefly stall while a drive mounts on a slow Mac, but other apps should keep working.
Hmmm. I'm on a MBP 2.4, 4 gigs ram. Any app stalls w/the beachball for 5 up to maybe 20+ seconds when the drive spins up. Maybe I should look into the cause. Thanks.