On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette <matteosistisette@gmail.com> wrote:
That's interesting. I compared two notebooks, PC and Mac. Is it possible that the performance of a MacBook Pro notebook drive is much worse than that of an Asus notebook?

Since you have the two computers in question, you will have to test for yourself.  All of the responses so far have been 100% speculation since no one else has the machines.  You have been given some things to investigate, so try those out.