[iBook] Performance improvement with 7200rpm hard drive

[Clark Martin]

>Hi list,
>
>I'm thinking of having someone upgrade my iBook (12" 1.33GHz summer 
>2005 model) with a 7200rpm hard drive to replace the 4200rpm stock 
>drive.
>
>Has anyone else done this and what do you think of the performance 
>improvement? Do you really feel a difference?
>
>My main beef right now with my iBook is that it takes a little long 
>to boot up and be useable. Launching a programs is also a little 
>slow.
>
>My alternative is to get a 12" 1.5GHz Powerbook (Apple refurb) but 
>that's about 3-4x the price of a hard disk upgrade :-)

I recently put a 5400 RPM 120Gb Seagate in my 14" iBook (also 
1.33GHz).  I don't really sense any speed improvement.  I was a 
little concerned about putting a faster drive in due to heat.  I'd be 
more concerned with the 12" iBook.


I rarely boot my iBook, normally I put it to sleep.  And I leave most 
applications open so there is only a delay when an app has been 
mostly purged from real memory and it has to load form virtual.