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- tomkat
anyone changed the hd in your mbpro? I'm looking at 250gb, a freind told me he noticed increase in speed afterwards..
- wunderbra0
never heard of a Merceds Benz Pro HD!!!
;)
- tomkat0
nah my old mb sux man. i sold it
hahaha new nick right? I was wondering ;)
- Jaline0
It's faster if it's 7200 RPM. May be hot though.
- flashbender0
larger hard drives typically have slightly faster read times. OR it could be that his old HD was fragmented and the new one is not, so read times are faster for him now.
- horton0
eh? as far as i know the size of your drive isn't going to increase speed?
but a raptor or some other 10000rpm drive will increase read/write speed but i have no idea what these options are for a laptop.
- madirish0
would only be fragmented if it was an OS9 or MS drive. cannot happen w/ UNIX system.
and 7200rm drives in laptops make huge diffs. i have upgraded many and it is always welcomed.
- acescence0
cache size
- horton0
ok go figure flashb says larger is slightly faster.. hadn't heard that before. is it because your reading more info from center portion of disk? can't be much different though?
- horton0
whats standard rpm in a laptop then? i woulda guessed 7200 but i'm not a laptop guy.
- acescence0
5400
- Jaline0
It's 5200 RPM, I believe.
Isn't it difficult to find 7200 RPM for larger HDs?
- tomkat0
hm maybe 7.2.k is bit much in a 15" case no? I thought of cache sizes and such
- Jaline0
Sorry, it's 5400 RPM, acescence is correct.
- madirish0
no, 7200 is fine in a notebook. i have run many of them. the one downside is they get much more $$ if you want them really quiet. i have no issues with them though. heat is a non-factor.
10000rpm drives + are server-only.
- acescence0
i wonder what the power consumption differences are for higher rotational speeds
- Jaline0
Temperature could be dependent upon power consumption, but some manufacturers of drives claim that their power consumption is low. Maybe it all depends.
- joyride0
i wonder what the power consumption differences are for higher rotational speeds
acescence
(Oct 11 07, 12:53)That is what I'm wondering, I'm going to opt up for the 7200 160g drive, stock is 160 @ 5400, 200g @ 4200 or top is 160g @7200
- madirish0
from Apple? i would say to get the lowest one $ and then upgrade at a certain point (before the drive fails).
it will be better investment over long run as you can leverage HD technology for less $$ in future.
- wunderbra0
hahaha new nick right? I was wondering ;)
tomkat
(Oct 11 07, 12:33)sssht!
did you ever go to Renesse again?
- flashbender0
is it because your reading more info from center portion of disk? can't be much different though?
horton
(Oct 11 07, 12:44)---
I don;t understand it 100%, but yeah - as I understand it there is more data closer to the center - compact I guess you could say, so the arm has to move less to read it.
And, no, it is not a huge speed difference, but it is a bit faster - prolly not that an average user would notice, but who knows...