New Drive for TiBook? (was: Re: [Ti] new drive for macbook)

[Ardeshir Mehta]

On 20-Apr-08, at 2:56 PM, David Delmonte wrote:

> MacSales (aka Other World Computing) just announced a 500GB 2.5  
> drive that would work. I would be a bit more conservative. But I  
> like Seagate. Their customer service has been great. Only downside,  
> that any firmware updates (only ever had 1 in 10 years), must be  
> performed on a Windows system.
>
> David

Will this work on a TiBook?



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> On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:
>
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> On 20 Apr 2008, at 16:01, alexandre wrote:
>
>> hi
>>
>> i'd like to upgrade my dad's macbook harddrive. he currently has  
>> the 80gb version and i'd like to install a 200 or 200gb, with 5400  
>> or 7200rpms…
>>
>> are there any brands i should avoid?
>
> Salut !
>
> I have positive experience with 2.5" drives from 40 to 160 Gb with  
> IBM, Hitachi, Samsung, SeaGate/Momentus, Toshiba.
> Go for the 7200 rpm if you can, as I have found the speed does make  
> a difference.
> Certainly not lower than 5400rpm.
>
> Trevor