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QUICK!! 4200rpm or 5400rpm on 12"????
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Ordering my 12" powerbook tonight and I can get either a 60 gig or 80 gig (for an additional $113)
Should I? The 60 is 4200 the 80 is 5400. Is it worth it?
thanks!!!
Kent
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Get the 80 GB 5400. Faster and larger is always better. Congrats on the new PowerBook!
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Oct 2003
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The 5400/80GB drive is a must. Go for it!
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Powerbook G4 15" 1.67GHz, 128MB VRAM, 100GB HD, 1.5GB, SD
Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz, 80GB HD, 512MB, SD
G4 500 Pismo 40GB HD 512MB RAM, Combo Drive
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I gotta chime in as well. You will definitely see a noticable difference if you compare the two side-by-side. If you can afford the faster drive, by all means do it. Especially if you intend to use it for audio recording at all. Writing AIFF files is very drive-intensive. I'm thinking about upgrading my 15" to a 7200 rpm drive as soon as they hit 80 GB, because right now, I max out this 5400 drive with about 15-16 tracks of AIFF. (one way--reading.) Don't even THINK about reading and writing AIFF files to a 4200 rpm drive at the same time. You'll need an external drive, which negates the cost-savings.
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Mac Elite
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thanks folks, I'm going to get the bigger drive and wait on my wireless mouse to help offset cost. That with the education discount and the cram and jam coupon, I can ALMOST afford this!
thanks again!
Kent
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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my 17" that i just bought has the 80 gig 4200rpm drive.. i didnt care about the rpm difference since i only do basic computing.
but get what YOU want and the best you can afford so that u will be satisfied.. and i wish you luck!
Steven 
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-Rev. C PowerBook 17" 1.5GHz
-iPod Mini 4gb Silver (Rev. B)
-Gaming Rig: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester, Asus A8N-E, 2 Gig Corsair XMS, nVidia GeForce 7900GT PCI-E, Seagate 320gb Barracuda HDD, Samsung 16X Dual Layer w/ LightScribe, Thermaltake Tsunami, Antec 550W True Power 2.0, Saitek Eclipse Keyboard, Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse, Samsung 19" 931B.
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Mac Elite
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well I do a "lot" of video editing too so I think this will only help me (RPMS much less the space!)
I'm very excited and to finally be wireless with the express!!!!
I will miss my iMac and the HUGE screen but I used to have 2 ibooks so I will survive. It will just take my getting old eyes a little while to get used to it. 
thanks!
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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The 5400rpm drive is definitely worth the extra cash! I would say it's the best upgrade you can get from the apple store.
On another note I'm guessing you're a teacher/professor if you have "old eyes" but are still somehow getting the edu discount. That, or you are depriving your first born of getting the laptop of their dreams for college  hehe... not that that's a bad thing!
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Mac: 15" 1.5ghz PB w/ 128mb vid, 5400rpm 80gb, combo drive, 2gb ram
Peripherals: 20gb 4g iPod, Canon i950, Canon S230 "elph", Canon LIDE30, Logitech MX510, Logitech z5500, M-Audio Sonica Theater, Samsung 191T
PC: AMD "barton" XP @ 2.3ghz, 1gb pc3200, 9800pro 128mb, 120gb WD-SE 120gb
Xbox: 1.6, modded with X3 xecuter, slayers evoX 2.6, WDSE 120gb HDD
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