Posts by pstrisik

1. Which brand SSD are you considering for your next upgrade? Intel, OCZ, Crucial, Kingston, Patriot Memory, Samsung, or other? Intel / OCZ - but will always research all brands at purchase time. 2. What do you look for when selecting...

Quote: Originally Posted by magestik the asus is good, except the quality of the case is not great. after a couple of years, my screen is broken (one of the connections between screen and keyboard is completely broken,...

I bought the 100GB Hitachi 72K PATA. It is noticebly faster than the earlier 60GB Hitachi 72K PATA it replaced and just as quiet. I'm very happy with it.

Hey, this is great! Thanks for the links and discussion. I agree that Seagate generally has the edge, price aside. Hitachi is lower power though. I ran the comparison between the Seagate and the new Hitachi 5400 160GB perpendicular. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by yee245 wht are the model numbers? another thing to make sure of is that it's a retail package, at least for the seagate, since the 5-year warranty is for retail kits and the OEM versions,...

Looking at Seagate Momentus 100GB 7200rpm - 5yr warranty ~$160 vs. Hitachi Travelstar 100GB 7200rpm - 3yr warranty ~$145. I have the 60GB 7200rpm travelstar now. It's quiet and has been reliable for 2+yrs now. So I'm inclined to...

Notebook Hardware Control after extensive trials with SpeedswitchXP and RMClock. Using NHC's monitoring replacing MobileMeter, which has been great.

Asus (IBM/Lenovo no doubt up there).

It's also a matter of native font size (DPI). I have the WXGA and find it about right. I'd love to have an SXGA+ screen or even an UXGA, but my eyes aren't good enough.

Yeah, be sure to read thru this thread before committing to the new drivers/software: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=59679