[ltp] Upgrade hard drive

[James Knott]

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.



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