"STeve Andre'" wrote: >To some extent, yes. It really depends on the OS. Going from 4200 >to 7200rpm should be noticeably faster, but I've seen cases where I >would have thought things should have been faster, but wern't.
That's been precisely my experience, too. 7200 also uses more power (issue if you run on battery a lot), runs hotter, and tend to be less reliable as a result (of the heat). >The real reason you need to upgrade is the age of that disk. It's >*old*. Now, I strongly suspect that disks of old were better built, >but that is a geriatric disk, and in my experience they fail without >notice. Shhhhh...my two 600Es will hear you!!! ...phsiii _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
