Re: Best HDD's for laptops?
"Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]>
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> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:24:15 -0800 > From: Gary Kline <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 07:43:06PM -0500, Parv wrote: > > [[ ... ]] > > > > > What HDD brands/models/manufacturers would you recommend? I need > > > one that resists heavy use.. > > > > Currently i have been using Fujitsu MHT2060AH 60GB hard drive for > > about 8-9 months; cannot say how long it will last. It has been > > amazingly much quieter in comparison. > > > > My usage consist mainly of writing/searching/reading files -- > > fetching email, (de)compression of ~2.5GB mbox, various log files. > > > > > > (I *promised* myself not to sink another penny into my 600E > but in case I break my word: will just about any laptop > drive replace my 12GB IBM drive, or do I have to stick to > an IBM-"approved" drive?) No drive approval. (I'm really annoyed about the mini-PCI approval in my T30!) Any Toshiba or Hitachi drive should be OK as IBM used both as original equipment. I suspect that Fujitsu and any others would be fine, too. I've seen 40 GB drives for sale at about $80 over the past few weeks (both Toshiba and Hitachi) at Fry's, if you are in the right part of the country. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"