[Ti] Will I notice any slow down?

[Robert Nicholson]

Well it seems I'll probably go with the 4200 Hitachi drive since it's 
5400 rpm cousin only
has a 1 year warranty compared to the 3 years for the 4200.

On Nov 29, 2003, at 3:55 PM, Robert Nicholson wrote:

> Hi I currently have one of these 60 gig drives in my DVI 800
>
> IC25T060ATCS05
>
> That's one of the original 5400 rpm 60 gig Travelstars.
>
> I'm thinking of replacing it with the Travelstar 80GN drive which is 
> 4200rpm
>
> I'm wondering if I should consider the 5400 80gig drive or whether it 
> simply not
> worth the extra.
>
> My reason for upgrading is that I want to put this 60 drive in my OWC 
> case to use as backups as I currently cannot back like I'd like with 
> the older 40 gig drive.
>
> I travel a fair bit and so I've never wanted to go with a bigger form 
> factor firewire
> drive solution. and I don't need to backup a lot of data.
>
> Does anybody know how well these 80gig drives compare to the Toshibas?
>
> Some vendors consider it an upgrade to go to the Toshibsa 8025gas for 
> an
> additional $15. What does that buy you?
>
> Best price I've found for the 80 GN is $193 ... The 8025gas's are seen 
> for less than
> that.
>
>
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