[KLUG Members] Opinons on a laptop, please?

[Greg Mason]

On Jan 25, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Michael Lueck wrote:

>> 80GB 4200RPM hard drive
>
> Ouch, floor sweepings for sure on that one. Nice size, but  
> sllooowwwww...

hey now! My PowerBook has such a drive, and I'll have you know that  
it is fully capable of accomplishing most hard disk I/O tasks in  
under 24 hours!

In all seriousness, i haven't seen any "real" proof that such slow  
drives are that much better for battery life... at least as tested in  
PowerBooks :) And opting for the 4200 RPM drive in my powerbook over  
the 5400 rpm model was one of the worst $50 I've ever saved...

-Greg