Re: Re: Replacing Stolen laptop - Sony quality

just a note, I've got the toshiba 60gb 5400rpm, with
the 16MB cache (!!!), and this thing rocks! ;)  Well
worth the $$$.

cheers!

fd


--- Nicolas Bougues <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 12:01:35AM -0700, Larry
> Colen wrote:
> > 
> > Is it a case that Sony outsources their machines,
> some model lines are
> > well built and others are crap? I've got a PCG
> fx-190k that seems to
> > be pretty solid, except that both the original and
> the replacement
> > hard drives make way too much noise. Speaking of
> which, I'm planning
> > on solving the noise problem and the space problem
> by putting in a
> > larger (60g?) hard drive, with the plan of triple
> booting: Doze,
> > Debian and RedHat (I'll be able to boot it in a
> configuration to annoy
> > anyone).  I'm interested in suggestions for good
> harddrives, and good
> > places to get them.
> > 
> 
> The best thing around is definetly the 60G 5400 rpm
> Toshiba (I don't
> remember the model name). The largest capacity. By
> far the fastest
> (hdparm gives 30MB/sec).
> 
> It fits perfectly in my SRX 41P. It's a little bit
> noisier, but it's
> still acceptable. The power requirements are
> slightly increased.
> 
> I bought mine online in Germany for about 220 Euros.
> 
> -- 
> Nicolas Bougues
> Axialys Interactive
> 
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