Find Your Notebook Hard Drive: 2.5

Is it just me, or does the link in the original article go to the 3.5" drive chart page?

Also, the link back to the original article is broken - it points to the com.com domain!

same thing here. and page 3/3 is nothing but ads. quality control is really slipping around here.

EDIT: looks like the proper link has been added, but the last page is still: Shop for the latest Hard Drives :roll:

I'm upgrading to either the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 or the Hitachi 7K100, two apparently quite similar ATA/100 drives. Any strong pros or cons for one or the other?

I would recommend a perpendicular drive such as the Seagate ST980815a. This is the ATA/100 version of the ST980811as (SATA) which is on the chart. It's a 5400rpm drive with performance nearly that of a 7200. Better bang for the buck than a 7200rpm and it'll have lower power draw and produce less heat. It's only 80GB but I got around that by putting my old drive in an extremely portable 2.5" enclosure (it's powered solely by USB), so I have 140GB available. ...though if money is burning a hole in your pocket you should get the 160GB version.