[ltp] Replacement Drive for T30?

[Michael B Allen]

Charles E Taylor IV said:
> For reference, my Hitachi drive (Model=HTS548040M9AT00 according to
> hdparm) delivers about 35 MB/sec in hdparm on my Thinkpad X22

Actually I'm willing to bet the Hitachi drives are identical to the IBM
ones since they bought their fab. And looking at ZipZoomFly shows the
prices and availabilty are MUCH better than IBM. The product codes look
like they are roughly HTS<speed>80<size>M9AT00.

So HTS548080M9AT00 is 5400 RPM / 80GB / 8MB at $128 whereas IBM's
equivalent drive is $299.

HTS548060M9AT00 is $93.50. IBM's 40GB drive is more than that.

Off to bye the 60GB drive....

Thanks,
Mike