I've been running this Clamshell with the new 7200rpm HD for hrs on just the battery, it's cooler then my other Clamshell and the battery which I clocked 2yrs ago it ran for almost 2.5hrs (marked it on the battery) it is now lasting for over 2.5hrs!!! These tests I ran are just idling and not going to screen saver or surfing the web... I haven't shut it down since yesterday morning and it is only a little bit warm on the bottom where the HD is!!! I never leave my computers running anyway when I'm not using them I always shut all of them down when not in use... So Ben, I think you might be right??! Only time will tell???
> > >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. > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
