John,
The 7200 RPM drives have faster seek times. There may also be a
higher Bus speed and a larger buffer, making data access, transfer
and use by software more rapid.
So far as price, cyberguys.com has Western Digital IDE/ATA drives in
3.5" diameter. These have the 7200 RPM speed you're looking for and
come in 160GB ($53), 250GB ($65) and 500GB ($85) capacities.
Hope that helps!
I recently got a Mac Mini PPC 1.25 with a 4200 RPM ATA 40 GB HDD.
Is there an advantage to putting in a 7200 RPM ATA HDD? I know
they're a little scarce but if it increases performance it's worth a
try.
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
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