On Apr 26, 6:25 am, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: > On Apr 25, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: > > > I have to say I got this old Clamshell running and that 7200rpm HD > > really woke this machine up!!! > > If you've had that much improvement going from a 4,200rpm HD to a > 7,200rpm, a solid-state HD would be even better, and conserve a little > of that precious battery life also. The downside of the 7,200rpm is > heat output, which has been known to overheat laptops, and decreased > battery run-time. I believe modern 5,400rpm laptop HDs offer > substantial improvement over the OEM Apple 4,200rpm HDs that came in > the clamshell. > I think you will find that newer 7200 rpm drives use less power and run cooler than the original Apple 4200 rpm drives, I have seen people claim an increased battery life with a newer (faster) drive. Also while solid state sounds great I think all the current ones are SATA so you would need to find a very slimline converter that you could shoehorn into the Clamshell, that would probably have an impact on the speed and would also consume power. Ben.
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