Question about speed of laptop hard drives?

[giant96]

Well i went ahead and bought the Toshiba Satellite 3000-S353 for $1,369 shipped...think i got a fair deal 🙂 I know its 20G HD runs at 4,200RPM..is that the going speed for laptop hard drives? Can't wait to get this hope its nicer than the sony P3 700 i had..heres the specs:
Processor Mobile Intel® Pentium® III featuring Intel SpeedStep? technology

Speed 900MHz

Display 14.1" Active Matrix

Memory 256MB SDRAM

Graphics nVidia GeForce2go graphics controller w/16MB external DDR video memory

Hard Drive 20 Gigabyte

Modular Bay 8x max. DVD-ROM

Modem Integrated V.90/56K modem

Networking Integrated 10/100 Ethernet

FireWire i.Link (IEEE 1394) port

 

[sciencewhiz]

Yes, 4200 is standard for laptop hard drives. Some ultra long battery laptops have slower drives and some very high end laptops have options for 5400 RPM, but 4200 is standard.

 

[jschuk]

4200 is the current standard. There are some 4900RPM drives out there and some 5400RPM drives are starting to appear. I know for a fact that the 4900RPM drives are "thick" 17.?mm drives which don't fit many modern laptops.

 

[Apex]

It's easily nicer than that sony. 4200rpm is standard for laptop HD's. I've actually never heard of any modern laptop HD's that run slower than that, but I guess it's possible.

Toshiba now has a 40GB 9.5mm drive that's probably very close to the speed of the 5400rpm drives thanks to its incredible density (35.7gb/sq in I believe).

 

[CZroe]

The IBM 48GB Travelstar is an example of a 5400 RPM drive. Nice and large capacity too 🙂

 

[Apex]

<< The IBM 48GB Travelstar is an example of a 5400 RPM drive. Nice and large capacity too 🙂 >>



Yeah, that's the one I'm using in my laptop. It rocks 🙂