[KLUG Members] Opinons on a laptop, please?

[Robert G. Brown]

My thanks to Mike Lueck, Greg, and others [??] For replying.
I'm looking forward to more feedback from laptop users!

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:16:39 -0500, Greg Mason <gmason at fast-mail.org> wrote:

>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...
Yes, sloww....

>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!
Very encouraging! :)
I'll only run "most hard disk I/O tasks" on it!

>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...

Why?
[1] Worst $50 because the slower I/O is really a crippling factor?
or
[2] Worst $50 because it really doesn't lengthen battery life.
or
[3] Some combination of the above?
or
[4] Something else....

						Regards,
						---> RGB <---