7200rpm or 5400rpm? Please help!

[DjMikeySmiles]

I'm buying a new 15" Powerbook. I'm a DJ and Photographer so I work mostly with DJ programs and Photoshop - and sometimes Illustrator, Soundtrack, Peak, Garageband, and of course iDVD and iMovie. When I'm DJ'ing in the club I usually play songs off my internal hard drive, and I play fro 8hrs straight (will there be heat issues?). Should I buy the 5400 120GB, or the 7200 100GB. What's more important? The extra 20GB or the extra rpm's?

 

[doucy2]

hmm if i was you ide go for the extra RPM's you'll feel a big difference
if you need additional space go with a FW800 extenal hard drive that you can take with you

 

[Platform]

7200

Speed......get storage via FW 800

 

[Megatron]

Another vote for 7200 rpm.

 

[aquajet]

7200 rpm...although if the difference was significantly more than 20GB, I'd probably go the other way.

 

[DjMikeySmiles]

Will the 7200rpm run louder and hotter?

 

[bousozoku]

Will the 7200rpm run louder and hotter?

Generally, yes. Read the specifications of your current drive and attempt to match prospective drives in heat dissapation, power usage (battery life takes a hit), and noise in the audible spectrum for humans.

However, a lot of things have changed from even 3 years ago and you'll find that you won't have too much trouble with any currently manufactured 2.5 inch drive you choose.