Re: [Thinkpad] 7200RPM Travelstar

i ran some tests and will run more..
see follow on posts here and, later, a section on my
thinkpads.com site..

*******************
Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Daum" <bryandaum@comcast.net>
To: "Bill - ThinkPads dot Com" <bill@thinkpads.com>; "Chris
Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>; "ThinkPad Mailing List"
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Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 7200RPM Travelstar

> Bill,
>
> Do you see a $300 worth of difference -or a dramatic
difference anyway?
> I've heard list members say there was a noticable
difference when updating
> to the 5400 rpm and now one can go to near double from the
4200? The
> thought is in regards older tp's rather than the new light
speed stuff.
>
> Bryan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill - ThinkPads dot Com" <bill@thinkpads.com>
> To: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>; "ThinkPad
Mailing List"
> <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 7200RPM Travelstar
>
>
> > chris..
> > hate to say this but its old news..
> > been selling the new T40p with that same drive..
> > it is $300+ more than the fast (5400RPM) 40gig
counterpart..
> >
> >
> > *******************
> > Cordially,
> > Bill Morrow
> > (from NetFinity Server)
> > web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
> > bill@thinkpads.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com
> > To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:49 AM
> > Subject: [Thinkpad] 7200RPM Travelstar
> >
> >
> > > Hitachi now makes a Travelstar laptop drive with
7200RPM.
> > > I was stunned. Here are some prices for the 60GB(!)
drive:
> > >
> >
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?mast
> > erid=986506&foun
> > > d=2&search=7k60
> > >
> > > The E7K60 has an 8MB cache, uses about 2.5W while in u
se
> > > and has a continuous data transfer rate of about
60MB/s.
> > > It's "always on" and rated for 50% lifetime duty
cycle.
> > > http://www.hgst.com/hdd/travel/tre7k60.htm
> > > </drool>
> > >
> > > The 7K60 is basically the same but apparently not
> > warranted
> > > for such heavy usage.
> > > http://www.hgst.com/hdd/travel/tr7k60.htm
> > >
> > > Looks like they are still behind Toshiba in the area
of
> > > cache size though. Some Toshiba drives have 16MB
cache.
> > >
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