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    More dv2000t questions!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by balr, Aug 8, 2006.

  1. balr

    balr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since I was thinking about upgrading the HDD to a 80gb 7200rpm hdd, would that shorten battery life? Also is there really a big difference between a 1GB pc4200 and 1gb pc5300?
     
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    qsimpson Notebook Evangelist

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    upgrading to a 7200rpm would not shorten battery life "significiantly" maybe few minutes or so, but not really enough to make much of a difference, not a huge difference in speed with pc4200 vs pc5300 maybe in the future it can be utilized better but for now go with whatever is cheaper.
     
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    Totalfixation Notebook Consultant

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    Haha, qsimpson, becoming the expert now. ;)
     
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  4. qsimpson

    qsimpson Notebook Evangelist

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    just sharing the knowledge others here have given me :)
     
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    dagamer34 Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Also, you should know that upgrading your HDD to a 7200RPM version will only really be noticable when booting, loading a game, or doing video editing. However, the boot time decrease is somewhat unnoticable, it's much more cost efficient to add RAM to decrease loading time, and people rarely do video editing.

    If you are buying a new notebook, then you'll have to ask yourself if it's worth the money or not. If you already have a notebook, I'd only upgrade to a 7200RPM if you have a 4200RPM drive or less than a 60GB 5400RPM drive. You money is better spent getting a 5400RPM drive and an external, as you won't notice any real differences.

    Oh, and RAM is always much more important than a HDD upgrade. HDD upgrades cost the most for the least improvement if you don't have a 4200RPM drive.

    Hope I helped!
     
    dagamer34, Aug 8, 2006
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  6. balr

    balr Notebook Enthusiast

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    also for the people with the 12cell lithium battery for their dv2000t, is there a noticeable weight issue? I'm thinking of going with the 6cell since i am going to be very mobile around college campus, but from what i've been reading there is only about 2 hrs and 30 min battery life for the 6cell.
     
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    qsimpson Notebook Evangelist

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    apparently the 12" cell sticks out and instead of protruding at the rear like most it sticks out at the bottom and since the LCD doesnt fully open 180 degrees like most laptops and instead only about 135 it can cause a problem depending where your using the laptop
     
    qsimpson, Aug 9, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The weight is not really a problem. The laptop is about ~0.5lbs heavier with the 12 cell than with the 6 cell.
     
    miner, Aug 9, 2006
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