[ltp] Harddrive is blowing up... I need some advice

[Don Coleman]

 > Well, but what about performance then?

I upgraded my last laptop from a 4200 rpm drive to a 7200 rpm drive and 
it made a *huge* performance difference.  My new T41p has a 7200 rpm 
drive.  I'd avoid the slower drives.

Chris wrote:

>> My understanding is that lower rpm HDDs could potentially last longer
>> than the higher rpm ones.
>>
>> So you might want to look for a 4200rpm disk (not the 5400 one as you
>> currently have or the 7200 ones that are now available)
>>
>> I have a 4200RPM/80G HDD in my T40 - keeping my fingers crosed. I
>> recently got an external USB hdd for backups.
>>
>> Satish
> 
> 
> Well, but what about performance then?
> 
> In what way does it differ, is it response time or what is it that
> makes drives that have more rpm faster?