|On 7/15/05, Frank Denis (Jedi/Sector One) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 07:55:59PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: |> >*AVOID* 2.5" IDE Laptop drives. |> >I've had pretty bad experience with them, |> >1. They heat up a lot |> >2. Are slow |> >3. Fail quite often (this could be due to the heat) |> > (face problems with Toshiba and IBM) |> |> I have the opposite experience. My Net4801 is running 24/7 for one |year with |> a Momentus drive (5400 RPMs) and it is neither slow nor hot. |> |> Hitachi also produces drives that are designed to run 24/7 (Eudurastar, |> now obsoleted by E7K60 and E7K100 drives). My Mac Mini is running with a |> 7K100 (80 Gb, 7200 RPM, 8 Mb cache) drive and it is as fast as any 3,5" |> drive. It seems to heat up more than the Momentus since the fan often |wakes |> up, but it works reliably.
============= Interesting. My MacMini Duo that I bought in April of this year has a Momentus 5400 rpm 80GB drive. When did you buy yours?
