On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 06:43 PM, Beverly Woods wrote: > >> It depends. If you want the fastest drive available, I'd go with the >> IBM Travelstar 40GNX. It's a 40GB, 5400rpm drive with an 8MB cache. >> Tests on Barefeats.com rated it the fastest drive around. I have one >> in >> one f my Powerbooks and it's very fast. >> >> I've seen them for around $130. Check googlegear.com, they usually >> have >> a good price. > > > How loud are these drives? I'm thinking of upgrading but don't want a > noisy > drive; are the 5400rpms any louder than the 4200rpms? >
They're very quiet. These have fluid-filled bearings, so they're not loud at all. Like I said, I've upgraded to Travelstars in all our laptops. I'm a big fan. No stock in the company either. :-) -Hal -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
