Re: 2.5" hard drive opinions..

[Hugo Brites <hugo@brites.com>]

On Thursday 02 February 2006 18:56, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> I've decided to upgrade the HDD in my notebook for my Debian install,
> and it looks to me like 100GB is about the best value for money at
> the moment...
>
> There isn't much difference in price, and I havn't found much in the
> way of reviews online, so I thought I would ask to see if anyone on
> this list had any recomendations, experience, etc...
>
> It an older 233MHz Pentium MMX notebook, so I don't need (and can't use)
> SATA and the like.
>
> Seagate ST9100824A, Toshiba MK1031GAS and Fujitsu MHV2100AM are available
> locally, and as far as I can determine compatable.
>
> The Toshiba is about 20% cheaper, but 4200rpm rather than 5400rpm.
>
> Other than that, I can't see much to choose between them...
>
> Regards,
> DigbyT
> --
> Digby R. S. Tarvin                                         
> digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com

Hi

 I've just upgraded mine and my choice was an 
  Hitachi 100GB (HTE721010G9AT00)
 It's a little expensive than the Seagate drive, but it's an 7.200 rpm drive.

Regards
Hugo