[ltp] 5400 RPM hard drives?

Steve Barr linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:57:52 -0500


Ari Pollak wrote:
> This isn't totally Linux-related, so I apologize in advance.
> I'm considering a larger hard drive for my Thinkpad T41 (I currently 
> have a 30 GB 4200 RPM), possibly an 80 GB 5400 RPM.
> 
> However, I'm wary of this, not because of the price, but possible other 
> issues - have any of you replaced a 4200 RPM drive with a 5400 RPM 
> drive? Did battery life suffer? Was the drive any louder?

This may help:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20031031/index.html

Steve
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