On 02/06/2011 15:27, RussellMc wrote:
> Is that for a laptop?

Yes.

> You can get various faster than most drives for more $ but for most purpo=
ses
> a 7200 RPM is fine.
> Bigger cache is better.

Since my old one is 5400 and 8MB cache I thought a 7200 and 16MB would=20
be reasonable upgrade.
I briefly considered the SDD option Herbert suggested, but on extra=20
reflection I'm thinking that since this laptop is getting on a bit and=20
I'm likely to replace the whole thing shortly, spending the extra=20
wouldn't be justified. When I get a new one it there is a good=20
possibility I will get one with an SDD drive.

> You can now get SATA 3 drives but odds are your system is more than well
> enough served by SATA 2.
>
>

WIndows Vista - I thought that I didn't want to risk any compatibility=20
issues (not knowing much about hard drives in general)
I was a bit confused as to which was SATA 3 anyway - it says in the=20
specs Serial ATA-300?
I'm guessing this means 300MB/s - what is the difference between SATA 2=20
and 3, and can the difference be fully taken advantage of on an older=20
machine?

> I'd run a mile from a drive with inbuilt encryption key that can be
> permanently disabled by deleting the key. Each to their own.

I noticed that feature - I won't be using it.. :-)


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