E Eldentistfuturo macrumors regular Original poster Oct 11, 2004 158 0 Houston May 17, 2006 #1 Were can I get a 7200 harddrive for the new macbook? Both the ones on newegg are out of stock.
kugino macrumors 65816 Jul 10, 2003 1,169 178 May 17, 2006 #2 my favorite site for computer parts is pricewatch.com: http://www.pricewatch.com/ look for notebook sata drives...there's a lot to choose from
my favorite site for computer parts is pricewatch.com: http://www.pricewatch.com/ look for notebook sata drives...there's a lot to choose from
gnasher729 Suspended Nov 25, 2005 17,980 5,566 May 17, 2006 #3 allexsimmons said: Were can I get a 7200 harddrive for the new macbook? Both the ones on newegg are out of stock. Click to expand... Add more RAM instead. That will give you more of a performance gain, and it won't hurt battery life like a 7200 RPM harddisk.
allexsimmons said: Were can I get a 7200 harddrive for the new macbook? Both the ones on newegg are out of stock. Click to expand... Add more RAM instead. That will give you more of a performance gain, and it won't hurt battery life like a 7200 RPM harddisk.
tsk macrumors 6502a Jan 14, 2004 642 0 Wisconsin May 17, 2006 #4 gnasher729 said: Add more RAM instead. That will give you more of a performance gain, and it won't hurt battery life like a 7200 RPM harddisk. Click to expand... A 7200RPM drive doesn't noticably affect battery life. If you look at the power usage of the 7200RPM drives, you'll see that they are almost identical to the 5400RPM models.
gnasher729 said: Add more RAM instead. That will give you more of a performance gain, and it won't hurt battery life like a 7200 RPM harddisk. Click to expand... A 7200RPM drive doesn't noticably affect battery life. If you look at the power usage of the 7200RPM drives, you'll see that they are almost identical to the 5400RPM models.