Re: [microsound] Powerbook hard drive speed

[Garrett <g@xxxxxxxxx>]

any reason to be concerned about putting one of these in a powerbook 
specifically?  i guess i haven't heard about replacing pb drives very 
often....

On Mar 26, 2004, at 6:41 AM, sander-martijn wrote:

> Whether firewire drives perform better or worse depends on a number of 
> things including what other firewire devices are attached/being used - 
> For me my slow internal powerbook drive benchmarks better than my 
> faster firewire drive - this may have something to do with there being 
> only one firewire port and i also have my m-audio 410 hooked up to it. 
>  Your best bet is to replace the internal with this:
> HITACHI/IBM 2.5" 60GB 08K0939 NOTEBOOK HDD 9.5MM *7200RPM* 8 MB
> the best price I've seen for it is *$203.00 *and I think the shipping 
> will run you another $10.  That's here:
> http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hmx?SCriteria=AA22680
>
> or if you don't mind sparing the 10GB you can double your cache and 
> lower your cash (sorry ;)
> TOSHIBA 2.5 50GB MK5024GAY NOTEBOOK HARDDRIVE 7200RPM /16MB
> That's for $192 here:
> http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA25180
>
> There may be other options but these are the two I know of.
>
> One of these will definitely be my next upgrade.  Just have to hold 
> off until after 4/15...
>
> .sander
> *
> *


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