[mattmarshall]

hey all

what's the best drive to install in a pismo powerbook? i'm looking in the 60 gig range, and want something fast and quiet.

- matt

[mgehman]

Originally posted by mattmarshall:
hey all

what's the best drive to install in a pismo powerbook? i'm looking in the 60 gig range, and want something fast and quiet.

- matt

I had a Pismo and also had several drives in and out of it. The best and quietest was IBM drives, take your pick. I have read recently that there have been some problems with the IBM drives, but I never had a problem. I also had a Toshiba drive for a short period, emphasis on short. Noisy, and slow. You can usually find reasonablly priced drives on EBay for what it's worth. I bought all of my drives there and never had a problem.

[Timo]

Though it's a bit dated, this is a good read:
http://www.barefeats.com/fire32.html

[MacNStein]

The 60GB IBM (8MB/5400RPM/9.5mm) is a very good performer. We've used it in many Pismo/older TiBook upgrades (some dozen or so) and they've all worked flawlessly.

I use an 80GB IBM (8MB/4200) in my PB 12, but I did that because of two important factors:

1.) Heat. The 4200RPM drives are hot enough in my little PB, I'd hate to see how hot it would get with the faster 5400RPM drive.

2.) Space. I wanted storage capacity more than I wanted performance. I was pleasantly surprised though. The 80GB IBM is quite a bit "zippier" than the 40GB Fujitsu that was in my PB. I attribute this to the larger cache (8MB as opposed to 2MB) and increased areal densities (twice the storage on the same amount of platters).

Anyway, it's really hard to go wrong with the fast 60GB IBM in your Pismo. I highly recommend it.