Re: 2.5" hard drive opinions..
You might want to think about a 7200rpm drive. Hitachi and Seagate
make laptop-sized 7200 RPM hdds; they cost more than their slower
siblings. I've had good luck with 60 and 80 GB Hitachis. Tom's
Hardware Guide provides some guidance.
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/harddrives/index.html
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:56:55PM +0000, 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
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