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Feb 6, 2008 | 11:40 pm

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Asuka

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Originally Posted by blahter

Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't a 7200rpm drive use more power than a 5400rpm one?

The Hitachi HTS7220 drive uses less power believe it or not.

When I got my IBM X60 it had an 80GB SATA drive, which was not big enough and my 160GB IDE would not fit, so I spent many hours reading the Thinkpad Forums and given the specs of the drive and reported by other users, it uses less power.

At the time, I also looked at the 250GB (5400) and 300GB (4200) drives, but thought for the speed of 7200 and 200GB, I would stay with the speed over size option.

IBM X60, 7-8 Hours battery life with the 8 cell, weighs next to nothing, I'm not complaining. Best notebook I've ever bought.

Pic of it at work, when I did a meet at a Hilton

Last edited by Asuka; Feb 6, 2008 at 11:51 pm Reason: Added Photo

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