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    i9200 Hard drive questions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Darkdream, Jan 3, 2005.

  1. Darkdream

    Darkdream Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I am planning to buy the 9200 like tmrw..... They have a free upgrade to 100GB hard drive but the hardrive speed is 4200RPM i was thinking of downgrading the Hardrive to 60GB but the speed is 7200RPM..... If i do the switch it doesn't effect the price. so what do you think i should do....

    Oh and a question on the side how much do you think the price on the new laptops(Ones with the new chipset) going to be, similiar as the 9200???


    Any help would be much appreciated
    Thanks
     
    Darkdream, Jan 3, 2005
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  2. tiberus86

    tiberus86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just ordered the i9200, with the 60gb 7200rpm drive. Since im not really going to use up all that hard drive space, i just went with the faster one. If your doing alot of video editing and stuff like that then you should get the other types. I am a gamer and i do have alot of music, but i dont think it would take up 60gb of harddrive.
     
    tiberus86, Jan 4, 2005
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  3. OpenFace

    OpenFace Notebook Consultant

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    I got the 80 Gig 4200 RPM drive and I really don't mind the slow speed. If you don't need the space, get the 60 at 7200 RPM. If you need all of the space you can get to go mobile with, get the 100 Gig. You can always get an external hard drive at 7200 RPMs and run your games off of that. I'm not entirely sure if it would make a big difference in game quality, but if it does I'd do it in a heartbeat.
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Token 28
     
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