You might want to think about a 7200rpm drive. Hitachi and Seagate make laptop-sized 7200 RPM hdds; they cost more than their slower siblings. I've had good luck with 60 and 80 GB Hitachis. Tom's Hardware Guide provides some guidance. http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/harddrives/index.html
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:56:55PM +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote: > I've decided to upgrade the HDD in my notebook for my Debian install, > and it looks to me like 100GB is about the best value for money at > the moment... > > There isn't much difference in price, and I havn't found much in the > way of reviews online, so I thought I would ask to see if anyone on > this list had any recomendations, experience, etc... > > It an older 233MHz Pentium MMX notebook, so I don't need (and can't use) > SATA and the like. > > Seagate ST9100824A, Toshiba MK1031GAS and Fujitsu MHV2100AM are available > locally, and as far as I can determine compatable. > > The Toshiba is about 20% cheaper, but 4200rpm rather than 5400rpm. > > Other than that, I can't see much to choose between them... > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com > http://www.digbyt.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
