Image processing

Adobe Photoshop

ACDSee PowerPack

ACDSee spreads the field a little, and the VelociRaptor takes full advantage, edging out the 640GB Caviar SE16 for the lead.

Multitasking and office applications

Microsoft Office

Mozilla

Mozilla and Windows Media Encoder

Performance doesn't vary much in WorldBench's office and multitasking tests, although the SpinPoint does manage to best the VelociRaptor by ten seconds in the multitasking test.

Other applications

WinZip

Nero

Nero and WinZip both give the hard drives an opportunity to show off, and the VelociRaptor comes out on top in the latter by nine seconds. The VR150 has to settle for second place behind Western Digital's latest Caviar SE16 in the Nero test, though.