Well my ibook sure did seem a lot faster after the drive change, but i never did any tests to confirm this, check out new egg sometimes they had great prices on the 7200 drive. Richard > > I sometimes want to go beyond just sketching ideas with the ibook, > and end up pushing the processor to its limits. There's may be a > trade off acoustically in having a faster but noisier drive, but If > it improves life in other ways, I can get away with close micing on > most occasions. > > Cheers, > Steve >