On Sunday, December 28, 2003, at 02:26 PM, James Rohde wrote:
On 12/27/03, John Acuff wrote:The Travelstars (from IBM/Hitachi, either appears to be good) or theThe HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get
a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or
particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a
new drive in a while, so I don't really have any idea what to be
looking for. I have noticed that most of the junk drives I have
laying around are Western Digital, but these are older desktop
drives. I've noticed that the IBM Travelstar drives are mentioned
here quite often. Are they a good choice?
Toshibas both have been praised. I plan on getting a Toshiba, but mainly
because (right now) the Toshibas in the size I'm looking at have a larger
buffer on them (for the price). Both types of drives use the fluid
bearings, which will give you a quiet drive (important in some
environments).
Well, I had been all set to buy a Travelstar, until I opened my iBook and saw what brand the recently replaced/recently died 20 gig drive was. Unfortunately it was a Hitachi. Now I'm not sure what to get. Maybe the Toshiba, they're Apple OEM.
Also, I had been looking at going with a 5400 rpm drive as a good compromise between speed and battery life, but apparently the fastest 30 gig drive is 4200 rpm. So if I want a 5400, I guess that means going with a 40 gig. I was looking at Pricewatch.com, and I found that there is only about $20-$25 difference between the 30/4200 and the 40/5400. Since I plan to use this machine for a long time, I figure I'll go with the 40/5400. Now I just need to decide on a brand and a vendor.
John
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