Well, yeoman, the performance difference is noticeable even when doing general things like startup, copying files, dealing with a large amount of data, installing software etc. The general response time after executing an application...
Ladies and gentlemen, I got my new hard drive
Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST980825A 80gb@7200rpm for my Dell 700m. Just formatted it and installed a clean fresh Windows XP system with all the latest drivers. First impressions:...
Billy, I agree, it's a lot of money considering the fact that you get a 5400rpm 80gb drive for under $150. But I think you know what I'm talking about when I say that we're all crazy about our lappies.
OK guys, I have some hot news for you!
I just bought the Seagate 80GB 7200rpm hard drive (ST980825A) for $200 from ebay!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
The seller seems to be very reliable and seems...
They assumably have a lot of information requests for the drive. So they just copy and paste to generate a standard reply.
I think it's just so stupid to announce a product when the actual release date is at least 16 months away....