On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Joel Reymont <joelr1@REDACTED> wrote: > Kenneth, > > The difference on the Mac is 10x for writes. It's at least 2x on Linux. Just to be pedantic, that 10x # is for a SSD, no? Otherwise, I've never seen OS X/Darwin win any awards for I/O speed... :) D.