Suggestions on where to buy 100 or 120 gb PB hard drive?

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I've been looking for an upgraded hard drive and really don't know which one I should be looking for. I've been to a couple of the main sites I know of.

www.otherworldcomputing.com is the best I've found. These were the prices and descriptions. Ideally I'd like a 7200 RPM 120GB if they make one. I don't know if I want the 20 GB or extra speed. Suggestions? Is this Seagate a good unit?

-100.0GB Hitachi/IBM Travelstar 7K100 *7200RPM* 8MB Data Buffer ATA/6 9.5mm UltraSlim 2.5" NoteBook Drive. 3yr Hitachi Warranty. (HIT0A25015) for $299.99

-100.0GB Toshiba MK1032GAX 5400RPM 9.5MM SuperSlim Notebook Drive with LARGE 16MB Data buffer! New with 3yr Toshiba Warranty (TOSMK1032GAX) for $239.99

-120GB 2.5" Seagate Momentus 5400.2 ATA Notebook drive with 8MB Cache - New with 5 Year Seagate Warranty. (SEAST9120821A) for $277.99
 
You can get 160 gb hard drives on Newegg.com for 75 dollars. For 300 bucks you can get a 500gb one...

Scratch that, you are talkign about notebooks. Sorry... I don't know about laptop drives.
 
mdnky said:
120GB Hitachi/IBM 7200rpm Notebook Drive - $299.99 ((From: MacSales/OWC))

120GB Seagate 5400rpm Notebook Drive - $277.99 ((From: MacSales/OWC))

For the $22 difference between the Hitachi/IBM (120GB 7200rpm) and Seagate (120GB 5400rpm), might as well get the faster Hitachi/IBM.


Other places:
http://www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.newegg.com
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Yah but that's actually a 100gb 7200 RPM vs 120 gb 5400 RPM. That's my dilema. Give up 20 GB for 1800 RPM's and $20. I dunno
 
My bad (I need to sleep more)...but I'd still go for the faster drive. I'd do that even over the cheaper 100GB 5400 drive too.

The 40GB drive on my iBook is usually only about 1/2 way filled—and that's not from me actively "sparing space" either. 100GB is a lot of space for a laptop IMO.
 
Not if you use the laptop as your primary machine. My 60GB hard drive is almost always full, needing files deleted.
 
get the faster drive. you can always add an external drive for more (albeit, not very portable,) storage, and they're cheaper than notebook drives too.
 
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