--- Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which seagate momentus are you using? > > Thanks in advance. > > On 7/15/05, Frank Denis (Jedi/Sector One) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 07:55:59PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > >*AVOID* 2.5" IDE Laptop drives. > > >I've had pretty bad experience with them, > > >1. They heat up a lot > > >2. Are slow > > >3. Fail quite often (this could be due to the heat) > > > (face problems with Toshiba and IBM) > > > > I have the opposite experience. My Net4801 is running 24/7 for > one year with > > a Momentus drive (5400 RPMs) and it is neither slow nor hot. > > > > Hitachi also produces drives that are designed to run 24/7 > (Eudurastar, > > now obsoleted by E7K60 and E7K100 drives). My Mac Mini is running > with a > > 7K100 (80 Gb, 7200 RPM, 8 Mb cache) drive and it is as fast as any > 3,5" > > drive. It seems to heat up more than the Momentus since the fan > often wakes > > up, but it works reliably.
I am intending on putting a WD Scorpio in my 4801 unit. I'll let you know how it goes. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
