Yes ...however, on some thinkpad sites given the very small footprint of the x31 there seems to have been some experience with overheating inasmuch as the oem hdd was 5400 and it was never designed to run 7200 ...I went with the 5400 also for price... That said, the laptop runs stuff faster than the desktop with 7200 and the laptop has a slower processor...
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:25 PM To: 'RLeeSimon' Subject: RE: better I've been using 7200 RPM Hitachi Deskstars in a couple different models of Latitudes and haven't had any issues with heat from the drives. > -----Original Message----- > From: RLeeSimon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:20 PM > To: 'Jeff Wright' > Subject: RE: better > > Laptop IBM x31 upgraded a while ago to: WD WD1200VE 120gb drive > 5400rpm 8mb cache ...chose this over 7200 because of possibility of > excessive heat... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:13 AM > Subject: Re: better > > > I will wager on hard drive rotational velocity and disk cache size. > The difference in performance between a 4200 RPM and a 5400 RPM > system, or 5400 > to 7200 RPM system, is significant. Most older drives have a 2 MB > cache. > > I'm using a circa 2001 Dell Latitude C600 P3-750 laptop (512 MB RAM > running > XP) at home with an upgraded 7200 RPM drive (8 MB cache) and it is > fast enough for my needs. I wouldn't use it with a slower drive in > it. > > > -----Original Message----- > > How come my IBM ThinkpadX31 PM1.4 2gb ram (but the same was true > > before I upgraded from 1gb ram) with exactly the same stuff running > > (except for lots of ibm stuff extra) runs and performs sooo much > > better than my Dell PIV2(w/intel speed boost) 1gb ram (max it will > > take) running the same but none of that ibm stuff? Neither has any > > viri or spy or other fections... > > > ********************************************************************** > * > ** > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > ** > *********************************************************************** > ** ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
