Faster Hard Drives seem to make a difference

Hello,
I just swapped out Apple's stock Maxtor 250gig SATA I drive that came with my quad with a Seagate 750gig SATA II drive. Aperture seems a little faster. I don't know if anyone has posted on this but it makes sense. The faster the comp can read in the files the faster it can display them.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Luke

I have been reviewing my storage needs and thinking about how best to expand. Looks like a sonnet eSATA e4P & Fusion 500P for me, just need to find a good price in the UK. Anyhow i was checking hard drive perfromances/specs and noticed my default drive was specified pretty slowly compared to current options. So i'm also considering changing my boot drive for a raptor 150 and move the old one into the drive enclosure for backup.
One point when comparing, if your stock 250GB was near-full, it will significantly slow down. To be optimal drives should be kept to ~75% capacity or less. I now find that impossible hence i need more giglar blites of space.

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