On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:22, David Z Maze wrote: > de|ire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > so if a 5400 rpm is the fastest laptop drive available, what is the > > rpm of the standard drive? > > (I don't actually have an answer, but I strongly suspect that drives > with a higher rotation speed [and better performance] will suck up > noticably more battery life. It seems like for PC hard drives, 5400 > and 7200 RPM are the standard options.)
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