[ltp] Upgrade hard drive

Daniel Castro linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:10:23 +0000


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2009/2/28 James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>

> Theodore Tso wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:28:45PM -0500, James Knott wrote:
> >
> >> I'm considering upgrading the hard drive in my ThinkPad R31.  It
> >> currently has a 40 GB drive, which I'm finding a bit tight now.  Any
> >> brand recommendations?  I see sizes range from about 80 - 320 GB.
> >>
> >
> > I've always liked the Seagate Momentus 7200.x series.  At the moment
> > the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 has been released (although it seems to be
> > backordered everywhere I looked).  The Seagate Momenutus 7200.3 are
> > therefore quite cheap ATM, and have a max capacity of 320 GB.  (The
> > 7200.4 have a max capacity of 500 GB).
> >
> > The reason why I like the Seagate Momentus is that they have the
> > option of coming with a G force sensor.  This allows the disk to
> > protect itself automatically from shocks, without having to make the
> > OS wake up the CPU 30 times a second to check on the accelerometer ---
> > which does a real number of power utilization and hence battery life.
> >
> > You need to make sure to get the version with the G force sensor.
> > These tend to be the models that have "ASG" as a substring of their
> > model number instead of just "AS".  Typically you pay an extra 5 bucks
> > for the feature, which is definitely worth it.
> >
> >                                               - Ted
> >
> Hmmm... I don't see that line at the local computer store. They have a
> couple of Seagate 5400.3 drives, one 120 G and the other 160. Both are
> 5400. I assume the 7200 RPM drives are harder on the battery.

they may be, but speed improves performance significantly! slow hard drives
can be a serious bottle-neck some times...

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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/2/28 James Knott <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:james.knott@rogers.com">james.knott@rogers.com</a>&gt;</s=
pan><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid r=
gb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class=3D"Wj3C7c">Theodore Tso wrote:<br>
&gt; On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:28:45PM -0500, James Knott wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m considering upgrading the hard drive in my ThinkPad R31. =
=A0It<br>
&gt;&gt; currently has a 40 GB drive, which I&#39;m finding a bit tight now=
. =A0Any<br>
&gt;&gt; brand recommendations? =A0I see sizes range from about 80 - 320 GB=
.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve always liked the Seagate Momentus 7200.x series. =A0At the mo=
ment<br>
&gt; the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 has been released (although it seems to be=
<br>
&gt; backordered everywhere I looked). =A0The Seagate Momenutus 7200.3 are<=
br>
&gt; therefore quite cheap ATM, and have a max capacity of 320 GB. =A0(The<=
br>
&gt; 7200.4 have a max capacity of 500 GB).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The reason why I like the Seagate Momentus is that they have the<br>
&gt; option of coming with a G force sensor. =A0This allows the disk to<br>
&gt; protect itself automatically from shocks, without having to make the<b=
r>
&gt; OS wake up the CPU 30 times a second to check on the accelerometer ---=
<br>
&gt; which does a real number of power utilization and hence battery life.<=
br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You need to make sure to get the version with the G force sensor.<br>
&gt; These tend to be the models that have &quot;ASG&quot; as a substring o=
f their<br>
&gt; model number instead of just &quot;AS&quot;. =A0Typically you pay an e=
xtra 5 bucks<br>
&gt; for the feature, which is definitely worth it.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - Ted<br>
&gt;<br>
</div></div>Hmmm... I don&#39;t see that line at the local computer store. =
They have a<br>
couple of Seagate 5400.3 drives, one 120 G and the other 160. Both are<br>
5400. I assume the 7200 RPM drives are harder on the battery.</blockquote><=
div>they may be, but speed improves performance significantly! slow hard dr=
ives can be a serious bottle-neck some times...<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin=
: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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