[olug] Laptop Hard Drive Size / Speed

[T. J. Brumfield]

Laptop drives are usually a standard 2.5 inch. Most newer drives
should be SATA, but if it is old enough, it could be IDE.

You can go up to a 7200 RPM drive as far as speed.

Sent from my iPhone 5

On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm thinking about replacing my laptop hard drive (which I believe is
> 4200RPM) - with a 5400RPM drive.  My question / call for opinions is -
> is that enough to see a sizable speed increase?  I'm not sure what the
> seek rate on the current disk is, but anything IO intensive (MySQL
> reloading DBs) is horribly slow.  Is getting a 7200RPM worth it in
> terms of battery life?  This would be SATA, if that matters.
>
> Second, I've noticed that the physical dimensions vary (at least at a
> glance) - but is it enough to research if a particular drive will fit
> the laptop body, or are they generally standard width / height /
> depth?
>
> -Dave
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