Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:15:04 +1030 From: "LEI CHEN" <adam.chen@tpg.com.au> To: "'Erich Dollansky'" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Best HDD's for laptops? Message-ID: <200411231145.iANBj7El019015@mail.tpgi.com.au> In-Reply-To: <41A1CAE0.4040300@pacific.net.sg>
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TravelStar is a Hitachi's product, and because of it's the most reliable one, so IBM uses it as Thinkpad's HHD for years. For example: a 5400 80Gb IDE 2.5" Travelstar has 8Mb of cache. For your reference: http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/hgst/?epi_menuItemID=0f34be57a7adb6fd2 5ad4e8060e4f0a0&epi_menuID=f3422d6ea3268f8d5f5a530560e4f0a0&epi_baseMenuID=2 2f0deefa8f3967dafa0466460e4f0a0 Cheers, LEI -----Original Message----- From: Erich Dollansky [mailto:oceanare@pacific.net.sg] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:48 PM To: LEI CHEN Cc: 'Alejandro lanjoe9 Valenzuela'; freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best HDD's for laptops? Hi, LEI CHEN wrote: > As long as I concern of using laptop, the best HDD should be Toshiba > TravelStar. Travelstar is an IBM brand. I use Toshibas since 1997 without fault. I have had one fault with a TravelStar. > Hello, my laptop's HDD (Toshiba MK401GAS 40 GB) had a horrible mechanical > failure a few days ago, after about 3 years of use. It could have been just bad luck. > What HDD brands/models/manufacturers would you recommend? > I need one that resists heavy use.. IBM/Hitachi have meanwhile selected models for this purpose. I never have seen them in the wild. Erich
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