I'm upgrading my IBM Thinkpad T23 2648 (current drive Hitachi 30GB 4200rpm DK23DA-30F) The follwing two drives are very close in price and specs can anyone tell me why one is better than the other?


$111.25 (newegg)
HITACHI Travelstar 5K100 HTS541080G9AT00 80GB 5400 RPM Notebook Hard Drive - OEM
Average Latency: 5.5ms
Average Seek Time: 12ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: Outstanding operating and non-operating shock Doubling of industry standard load/unload cycles to 600,000 RoHS compliant
Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: ATA-6
Manufacturer Warranty: 3 Years
Model #: HTS541080G9AT00

$118.75 (newegg)
HITACHI Travelstar 5K80 HTS548080M9AT00 (08K0639) 80GB 5400 RPM Notebook Hard Drive - OEM
Average Latency: 5.5ms
Average Seek Time: 12ms
Cache: 8MB
Features: Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor technology, Providing operational shock rating of up to 200Gs (2ms)
Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: ATA-6
Manufacturer Warranty: 3 Years
Model #: HTS548080M9AT00

9/13/2005 11:24:08 PM

nvm you said hard drive and not laptop.

[Edited on September 13, 2005 at 11:27 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2005 11:27:15 PM

oh you mean the deathstars

9/13/2005 11:29:18 PM

lol "deathstars" ... are you implying that hitachi makes bad diskdrives?

9/13/2005 11:31:07 PM

the more expensive one with the fluid bearing.

9/13/2005 11:41:48 PM

for the $7 extra go with the fluid bearing. although, if i had my choice i wouldnt go with either of em.

9/14/2005 12:52:25 PM

yea, id go with the 7200rpm model(s)

9/14/2005 1:50:54 PM