Thank you to all who've weighed in on the faster internal hd question. It seems that some of you think the 7200RPM drive does indeed make a discernible speed difference; others aren't so sure the difference is enough to justify the extra expense. I might have gone for it nonetheless, but Robin's warning, about the extra speed causing the drive mountings to loosen, has scared me. Robin - is this the kind of thing you can fix yourself, by opening up the back and tightening the mountings? Thanks everyone, Malcolm