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Anonymous   05-11-2004 at 02:10:40 PM

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Has anyone had any experience with the 7200 RPM laptop hard drives? I was
thinking about buying one and was wondering if I may see a significant
performance increase.


Kevin

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Anonymous   05-11-2004 at 09:58:11 PM
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If you find one or two, let me know.

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Eugene   05-12-2004 at 05:53:37 AM
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Kevin wrote:

> Has anyone had any experience with the 7200 RPM laptop hard drives? I was
> thinking about buying one and was wondering if I may see a significant
> performance increase.
>
>
> Kevin
I went up from a 4200 to a 5400 a few months ago and got a little bit of in
increase. The 7200rpm 60g's were $300 and I got the 5400rpm for $120.

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Anonymous   05-12-2004 at 10:13:47 PM
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"Kevin" <kmiles520@directus.com> wrote in message
news:10a1goftll3fv26@corp.supernews.com...
> Has anyone had any experience with the 7200 RPM laptop hard drives? I was
> thinking about buying one and was wondering if I may see a significant
> performance increase.
>

I purchased my Inspirion with the 7200 and compared to my last laptop
with the 5400, HD performance has increased by about 20 to 30
percent.

I have to say though, it is definately hot on the top of the legs though.
No burns but a little uncomfortable.

moncho

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Anonymous   05-12-2004 at 10:27:08 PM
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moncho wrote:
>
> "Kevin" <kmiles520@directus.com> wrote in message
> news:10a1goftll3fv26@corp.supernews.com...
> > Has anyone had any experience with the 7200 RPM laptop hard drives? I was
> > thinking about buying one and was wondering if I may see a significant
> > performance increase.
> >
>
> I purchased my Inspirion with the 7200 and compared to my last laptop
> with the 5400, HD performance has increased by about 20 to 30
> percent.
>
> I have to say though, it is definately hot on the top of the legs though.
> No burns but a little uncomfortable.

Putting any laptop on your lap is, despite what the word "laptop" implies,
not a good idea.

In addition to the physical discomfort, which you mention, your legs tend
to block cooling fans/ports, causing the unit to run hotter than intended,
in turn, causing higher failure rates.

Larry

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Anonymous   05-13-2004 at 05:40:58 PM
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"Lawrence Glasser" <lglasser@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> moncho wrote:
> >
> > "Kevin" <kmiles520@directus.com> wrote in message
> > news:10a1goftll3fv26@corp.supernews.com...
> > > Has anyone had any experience with the 7200 RPM laptop hard drives? I
was
> > > thinking about buying one and was wondering if I may see a significant
> > > performance increase.
> > >
> >
> > I purchased my Inspirion with the 7200 and compared to my last laptop
> > with the 5400, HD performance has increased by about 20 to 30
> > percent.
> >
> > I have to say though, it is definately hot on the top of the legs
though.
> > No burns but a little uncomfortable.
>
> Putting any laptop on your lap is, despite what the word "laptop" implies,
> not a good idea.
>
> In addition to the physical discomfort, which you mention, your legs tend
> to block cooling fans/ports, causing the unit to run hotter than intended,
> in turn, causing higher failure rates.

Unfortunately, there are times when I am cooped up in awkward
situations where the lap is the only possbile choice. At home, I use
a balsa wood board to put on my lap that acts as a desk. The drive
can actually get warm through the wood.

Fortunately, the thing I like about the Inspirion 8600 is there is a fan on
the
side of the laptop and the fan on the bottom is also near the side with
vents
point to the left. This helps a little but still gets a little warm.

moncho

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Anonymous   07-23-2004 at 03:34:51 AM
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"Kevin" <kmiles520@directus.com> wrote:
>Has anyone had any experience with the 7200 RPM laptop hard drives?

We yanked the original drive from my wife's new Latitude D600 and
plugged in a 60G 7200RPM drive, so I can't tell you how the
performance changed. However, she's finding it uncomfortably warm at
times, and may downgrade. I'll be putting it in mine, as I'd rather
have speed over coolth/battery life any day. 8*)

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

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