[ltp] Replacement Drive for T30?

[Michael B Allen]

Alejandro Bonilla said:
> The worst thing that can happen to me is to get a sucky laptop like my
> Dell that the HDD would do 43C easily...
>
> It sucks, to have an HDD that will burn your palm. Really be carefull
> with this. I wouldn't go cheap with this one....
>
> I was discussing with some friend about the HD that IBM uses and they
> simply now use a common brand, like Fujitsu or so, but the point is that
> Fujitsu makes a special model or quality for IBM, dude, this is why We
> pay $2K for an IBM and $980 for a Dell.
>
> My Dell would do 43C, and the IBM would hardly reach 34C. Big
> Difference. This is why I switched.

Hmm, that's an interesting thought. From looking at IBM's drive specs [1]
and the specs for the "IBM Hitachi" drive I just ordered [2] the *only*
difference that I could see is the operating temperature description.

  IBM:     "Maximum Operating Temperature  35 C"
  Hitachi: "Operating Ambient temperature: 5ø to 55ø C"

Although it's not clear if these temperatures indicate how hot the drive
gets normally or how hot it gets due to environmental influence. Meaning
does it reach 55 C because I'm compiling GNOME or because I put the
computer in an oven?

I think the two descriptions may have different meanings in this case
becasue *every* mobile drive I looked at on zipzoomfly.com listed 5-55 C
as "operating" temperature.

Mike

[1]
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=-840&langId=-1&partNumber=09N4273&storeId=10000001&dualCurrId=73
[2] http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100521

PS: I noticed something interesting. The Toshiba MK6026GAX has 16MB of RAM!
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101671