You will definitely notice a performance boost with the faster drive/larger cache.
Good luck.
-Hal
On Dec 17, 2004, at 9:19 AM, Andrew wrote:
A 5400 or even 7200 rpm drive will give you a noticeable speed boost, at very little cost in battery life (probably made up by the increased speed of disk access). Most importantly, the price difference between 4200 and 5400 rpm dirves is about $20 for a 40GB, which makes choosing the faster drive a very easy decision. Another benefit on most faster drives is a larger cache. The 4200 rpm 40gb drive that came in my PowerBook has only a 2mb cache, but the 5400 rpm drive I replaced it with (80gb) has an 8mb cache, which is probably responsible for as much of a speed gain as the faster mechanism.
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