Hello,
I am considering getting this Sony Vaio SA from newegg: Newegg.com - SONY VAIO S Series VPCSA21GX/BI Notebook Intel Core i5 2410M(2.30GHz) 13.3" 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW AMD Radeon HD 6630M
The only concern I have is the 5400 RPM hard drive. Will it be a bottleneck? I am mainly going to use the computer for word processing, surfing the web, and some light multi-tasking (music with MS word and Firefox open).
Thanks
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It isn't a bad drive, but you will stumble across occasional lag every so often. You'll also suffer from poor startup performance in applications. The performance of your tasks won't be an issue since the CPU will be more than enough for the tasks you've just mentioned, it'll just take some time to start up (especially the first time). I'd pick a 7200rpm if there's such an option.
Sony Vaio SA with 5400 rpm Hard Drive
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tasveerk, Jul 1, 2011.