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    7200rpm worth the upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by moku, Mar 14, 2008.

  1. moku

    moku Notebook Consultant

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    Hi everyone, I am looking to buy a new MBP, and I was wondering what your thoughts were on upgrading the hard drive from a 200gb 5400rpm to 7200rpm. Is it worth a extra 90 dollars?

    I will be using the laptop for research and school stuff but also I would like to use it to play games using bootcamp and there will be a lot of photo editing using photoshop CS3 and converting and editing RAW files.

    thanks! :D
     
    moku, Mar 14, 2008
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  2. CanadianDude

    CanadianDude Notebook Deity

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    From what I have read, the faster hard drive will increase your performance all around. In games, loading times will be shorter.

    FOr $90, definitely go for it, it is a worthwhile upgrade in my opinion. I ordered a hitachi 200gb 7200 rpm hard drive for $190 for the same upgrade...you do the math.
     
    CanadianDude, Mar 14, 2008
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  3. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    At that size, you will see a performance increase, especially with Photoshop.
     
    gengerald, Mar 14, 2008
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  4. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yees it a big increse in performance for load time
     
    dondadah88, Mar 14, 2008
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  5. kvdv

    kvdv Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been doing some research and it appears the difference between 5400 and 7200 will be noticable in the beginning, when the disk is nearly empty, but as the drive will fill up with files, the difference will become smaller and smaller. Don't forget you'll also loose 50GB.
     
    kvdv, Mar 14, 2008
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  6. Stunner

    Stunner Notebook Deity

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    No, he is not losing 50GB he is comparing the two 200GB size drives at different speeds. Definitly go for the faster drive man, that is what I am going to do. It definitely will speed up your computing experience.
     
    Stunner, Mar 14, 2008
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    Go faster, and get an external drive when you are running short on room.
     
    Modly, Mar 14, 2008
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