Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:08:22 -0500 From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 40GB 2.5" HDDs for MP3 use
http://www.barefeats.com/fire32.html
Compares the Tosh HD to an IBM HD. Found while digging for the best price on the Tosh HD.
Matthew Hanson wrote:
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:56:53 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 40GB 2.5" HDDs for MP3 use
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> I'm still worried about the clicking issue Lee. Was that a problem for only
> one Travelstar you have, or for all of them.
>
Only one, and again I'm not convinced it's the drive. It's not really a
click, more like a static discharge kind of noise. I'll see how the new
Travelstar does, but I'm on a lengthy road trip so that report will have to wait awhile.
The vague, short little clicks I hear on MP3s played by my 20GB Fujistu could probably be decribed as static. Kinda hard to pin down what sounds sound like via the net though.
But it seems I was wrong about the buffer size on the IC25N040ATMR04. BananaPC lists it as 2MB:
http://www.bananapc.com/Products/product_info.asp?product_id=9674&classif_id=1316
As well as the Hitachi PDF file:
http://www.bellmicro.com/VendorShowcase/hitachi/downloads/HGSTTravelstar80GN.pdf
I'm not qiuite sure where I got the 4MB figure from.
> I also found this 5200RPM Toshiba MK4019GAX listed on Davids website:
>
> http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2002_02/pr0601.htm
>
> 5200RPM is really tempting for ripping MP3s... but as you pointed out Lee,
> can the L70/L100 or L110 deal with the heat?
>
I've decided to let my Libretto play to its strengths, and not try to make it
all things. So I do all the heavy lifting, like CD ripping and such, with a
desktop and then transfer what I want to the L100 to play. It seems criminal
to thrash the poor thing with these mundane tasks when its strengths lie
elsewhere.
Well... I find the Libby to be really convenient to take along when I visit friends. If I pick up a CD while I'm travelling, it's nice to be able to rip it at a good speed so I can transfer to my portable MP3 player.
That MK4019GAX not only spins at 5200RPM, but has a 16MB buffer to boot. Maybe something a L110 could deal with a bit better.
-- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home
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