Additional Hard Drive on Lenovo website

Hi everyone,

I plan to buy a T60 before the holydays.

Suppose i want a 7200rpm hdd with my laptop

On the lenovo website, i can add a 'Additional Hard Drive', the laptop i want already come with a 80gb 5400rpm hdd, my question is the following:

if i add the 7200rpm harddrive, does they my system come with the 5400rpm AND 7200rpm hdd or do they just 'upgrade' it ?

thanks !

 

Just this bit : Do not opt' for a 7200rpm hdd unless you need it...
It consumes more power than a 5400rpm hdd.

 

It should be just an upgrade. Most notebooks (and all notebooks smaller than 17") do not support two hard drives.

However, 7200RPM drives use about the same amount of power. While it does consume more power while reading or writing files, it does so faster. Thus, it is working for a lesser amount of time. Ultimately, it uses more power but for less time...so the net amount used is about the same. The only time that is not the case is when doing long HDD intensive tasks (de-fragmenting and virus scans).

Even then, the difference amounts to only a few minutes of battery life. However, you will notice a significant speed increase when booting up or opening programs. This is because the drive takes less time to find and read the files.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=59053

 

I really need it

Any prefered model for a 7200rpm hdd, or should i just buy the one that are offered on the lenovo website.

On another subject, i see some laptop with DVD Writer, might sound stupid but do a dvd writer/reader also support reading standard CDROM ???

 

Actually, the 7200 doesn't really use noticeably more battery...maybe 2-5 minutes.

 

anna21, DVD drives also support reading standard CD-ROMs.

 

perfect

on another subject, is there any FAQ on what are the difference between the different type of monitor ? i mostly use 1024/768 and i dont know wich one to get, a 15" would be nice but no idea !

 

This link may be helpful.

 

coz, yours finally is finally shipping, must be nice. why are some random orders shipping when they are supposed to be completely out of ram until next week?

 

They are probably referring to the modular hard drive. You can add a second hard drive to your system in place of the optical drive. I have the Seagte 100GB 7200.1/ It performs very well and is near silent.

 

Not true, I run two hard drives in my 14.1" T41p using the ultra bay hard drive adapter.

 

anyone can confirm ? i dont want to end up having 7200rpm and a 5400rpm hdd that i cannot use.

 

You will be able to use two different hard drives at the same time. One is the standard hard disk, the other will go in your modular bay (usually holds a dvd drive or battery) You will need a special bracket to put the disk in the ultrabay.

 

argh, people tell me different information,

so is a hdd edit on the levolo website an UPGRADE or an additional HDD ?

i am confused

 

The 7200 rpm 100gb drive is about $100 to upgrade from the 80mb 5400 rpm drive. You get the option to upgrade when you configure the machine. If the website says you are adding an additional drive that sounds like buying two drives to me.