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9300/XPS2:which HD did you get and why?

post #1 of 23
3/6/05 at 3:45pm
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I was very tempted to get the 7200rpm 60GB, but I reasoned that 60GB really is not that much space to have, so I got the 100GB 5400rpm(?) drive. Their price is about the same. While the 60GB drive is fast, you can never have enuff space...rite??
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post #2 of 23
3/6/05 at 3:48pm
hmm, you do know that if you hit "help me choose" next to hard drives and then details you notice you in fact got a 100gb 4200rpm? Unless that is mislabeled ya undercut your performance laptop there.

Tellerve
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post #3 of 23
3/6/05 at 3:54pm
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Others on the forum have indicated that Dell's info is incorrect about the 100GB drive. Its 5400rpm.
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post #4 of 23
3/6/05 at 4:07pm
I got the 80GB (don't know if it's a 4200rpm or a 5400rpm). I liked having the 7k60 in my T40p, but it's noisy and generates a lot of heat. I am sure the 80GB has more dense platters so transfer rates should be about the same, the only time it looses to the 7200rpm is during seeks.
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post #5 of 23
3/6/05 at 4:55pm
I got the lowest available. I'll buy my harddrive separately. I believe a 100gb 7200 rpm drive will be out at the end of March.
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post #6 of 23
3/6/05 at 4:58pm
I got the 60 GB 7200 rpm with the idea of upgrading if and when a 100 GB 7200 rpm drive is available.
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post #7 of 23
3/6/05 at 6:02pm
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Originally Posted by kbdrand
I got the 60 GB 7200 rpm with the idea of upgrading if and when a 100 GB 7200 rpm drive is available.
Same here.
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post #8 of 23
3/6/05 at 7:07pm
100GB here, wanted the 60GB 7200rpm, but for same price the 40GB extra outweighed the faster spinning times.
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post #9 of 23
3/6/05 at 8:11pm
60GB 7200. That's more than enough space for my games and software... for storage, i have an external drive, and tons of DVDRs.
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post #10 of 23
3/6/05 at 8:20pm
Stuck with the "slow" 60. One might make the argument that a "faster" drive takes more battery or makes more heat. Would one notice? About the same chance of noticing a performance difference in regular tasks IMO.

Side note: I played HL2 on an external 4200 drive via FW... did great other than initial load times. <grin>
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post #11 of 23
3/6/05 at 9:12pm
60GB 7200. Speed. Speed. Speed.
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post #12 of 23
3/6/05 at 9:13pm
60 GB 7200 rpm. I'll get a new 100 GB 7200 rpm drive sometime later when they are available.
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post #13 of 23
3/6/05 at 9:36pm
Yeah, can't do anything besides get the 60GB 7200RPM drive...need the speed, baby!

I'm immediately grabbing 2 100GB 7200RPM drives as soon as they come out at the end of this month(?)...price is no object...but, erm...anybody have any idea how much these suckers are gonna cost?
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post #14 of 23
3/6/05 at 9:41pm
The 60GB 7200, my older laptop had a 4200RPM, wow, not good, BF42 for load time, literaly 10 Minutes.
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post #15 of 23
3/6/05 at 9:42pm
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Originally Posted by FearNo1
I was very tempted to get the 7200rpm 60GB, but I reasoned that 60GB really is not that much space to have, so I got the 100GB 5400rpm(?) drive. Their price is about the same. While the 60GB drive is fast, you can never have enuff space...rite??
Got the 60gb 7200rpm drive. Figured that's more than enough for all my games and applications. Worst case is I'll need some extra storage for digital video and I can always get an external drive for that.
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post #16 of 23
3/6/05 at 9:58pm
Ordered mine with the 60gb 7200 rpm drive. I see it like a stereo system. In this case, the laptop is only as good as your worst component. Why get a slw HD when you have all that other horsepower ?
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post #17 of 23
3/6/05 at 10:11pm
They need an XPS2 that looks like the 9300. It would be hard to bring that XPS2 into a board room meeting ...
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post #18 of 23
3/7/05 at 11:44am
Of the 5 i9200's I have had, four had the 5400 rpm 60 gb hardrive and the i9200 that I have right now has the 7200, take my word it is a "big" difference in speed.
Col. Wild,
I plan on taking mine into mettings, just have the LCD's flashing blue they'll know who's the boss. LeeU
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post #19 of 23
3/7/05 at 12:19pm
I bought the 60GB 7200rpm. I don't need a lot of hard drive space in my laptop, that's what my file server is for.
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post #20 of 23
3/7/05 at 3:30pm
I got the 60gb 7200rpm hard drive too. I hate waiting for things to load... I figure by the time my XPS 2 ships in in the second week of april, I will have changed the hard drive order to a 7200rpm 80gb or 100gb drive anyways.
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