A bunch of related questions - new harddrive, bootcamp, music production, more - Page 2

Satcomer · #9 July 14th, 2008, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Krank

Another question: 5400 vs. 7200 rpm drives - does it make much of a difference on a regular MacBook, and are there any issues with decreased battery life or other factors to consider?

Didn't you read the BareFeats' article speed test? Yes the 7200 speed will be faster but will take about 20 minutes off the battery time if you use the drive a lot. However doing voice/music recording on battery if foolish in my opinion. Plus music recording (and especially video) will take up HUGE space. Keep that in mind.

Krank · #10 July 14th, 2008, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Satcomer

Didn't you read the BareFeats' article speed test? Yes the 7200 speed will be faster but will take about 20 minutes off the battery time if you use the drive a lot. However doing voice/music recording on battery if foolish in my opinion. Plus music recording (and especially video) will take up HUGE space. Keep that in mind.

Your link still just takes me to a long list of links.