On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Sam wrote: > What would you buy? > > I'm really stuck here. I can't decide which drive to buy for my Pismo, and I > need one very soon. I'm stuck between the Hitachi/IBM Travelstar 60GB > 7200rpm vs the 80GB 5400rpm. > > Since I've seen very similar prices on them, is the performance increase > from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive worth the smaller size? I'll be > doing some video editing, some music editing, and a lot of general everyday > multi-tasking in various apps. > > Pismo 400mhz, 1GB RAM. Unless the performance boost is "feelable", I'm > liking the size of the 80GB.
That's a hard choice. Depends on the level of video and audio editing. If your doing imovie level editing and low track count [around 8] audio I would get the 80GB. You will not "feel" any difference and you'll enjoy the increseased space. If your doing Final Cut Pro/Express level editing [multiple video and audio tracks] and greater than 8 audio tracks I would hesitantly get the 60GB. You need the performance, you would "feel" the difference over the 80GB. Unfortunetly, you also need more space that this higher level requires. I would get the 60GB and start saving for a 120GB+ external firwire drive also. :) HTH, ----- Nick aka "Baby Hog" http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM and Yahoo Messenger ID "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other." Mark 9:50 [NIV] -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
