[TriLUG] Laptop hard drive showdown: Hitachi vs Western Digital

[Jason Tower]

be careful not to equate spindle rpm with overall performance in all 
circumstances.  aureal density has a great deal to do with it as well.  odds 
are a 160gb 5400rpm drive will perform faster in most real world usage 
scenarios than a 80gb 7200rpm drive.  and it will hold more data, be 
quieter, and use less power as well.  on my t42 just switching from a 80gb 
to a 120gb drive (both 5400 rpm) made a noticeable difference.

jason

Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> I'll second that, assuming you don't need the extra space.  When I
> upgraded my old T30 to a 7200rpm drive, it was like getting a new machine.
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> Ed Hill wrote:
>> Have you run any benchmarks comparing the 5400 and 7200 rpm notebook
>> disks?  I have and the 5400's are dramatically slower.  So my answer
>> would be "neither".  I'd get a 100GB 7200rpm disk from either Hitachi
>> or Seagate -- both of which have been quite reliable on the dozen-plus
>> machines that my friends and cow-orkers use which have those drives.
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