@marick Yes, and We gets bonus points for being written first.
@fraserspeirs This particular build (precompiled SQLite and PCRE, no docs or unit tests) took just over 4 minutes on the old drive.
@leebennett It's still considerably slower than a desktop drive, though.
@leebennett I had been using a 5400 RPM 500 GB drive, which is about the same as a 7200 RPM 320 GB one. But now there's 7200 RPM 500 GB.
SpamSieve's build time reduced 35% after switching to 7200 RPM drive.