On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
> > friction bearing. However I doubt they would be used in a ZIP as they
> > never had a good reputation for shock resistance. they would however be
> > low drag and help conserve power.
>
> Yes, but in a desktop machine, power is not exactly short. In other words
> whether it takes 0.1W or 10W to move the heads is not a major
> consideration. So a jewelled bearing is probably not appropriate here.
If you're talking about a laptop then it makes a tremendous amount of
difference in the amount of battery juice it sucks up.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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