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Laptop HD Question
I have been shopping for a laptop the last two weeks. I have looked at a lot of them. Even the expensive ones only have a 5400 rpm HD. Why don't laptops come with a faster HD?
I have been shopping for a laptop the last two weeks. I have looked at a lot of them. Even the expensive ones only have a 5400 rpm HD. Why don't laptops come with a faster HD?
If possible, I would recommend getting a laptop that allows two drives, use the SSD for windows, and the ATA drive for programs and games.
Adding two drives will have an impact in battery life, and also force you to have a larger laptop.
That being said, the 5400 drives are common for laptops for two reasons, less heat and less power draw than a 7200 rpm. The trade off is, the performance dips a little, but not much. However, with an SSD, you have a low power draw, no additional heat, and performance that no spinner drive can touch.
True Deacon I suppose the power settings could lowered a tad though but like you said the SSD is going to knock seven bales of err something off the HDD's.
I still think it would be better just jamming in an SSD and keeping the original for data (external). Though thinking about it would there be enough power from a USB connection to drive the original HDD? Suppose there must be unless the prebuilt externals have a low power HDD in them?
Most laptops should be able to power a drive through the USB port to be external. I bought a Vantec carriage that's USB and eSATA to put the 500 GB drive in that came with my Envy Ultrabook. I put a 240 GB SSD in as the internal drive, so for everyday usage, I'm getting the benefits of an SSD.