From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 11:45:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6066016A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:45:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.tpgi.com.au (mail5.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B6C943D31 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:45:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam.chen@tpg.com.au) Received: from tany (220-244-162-42-sa.tpgi.com.au [220.244.162.42]) by mail.tpgi.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iANBj7El019015; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:45:10 +1100 Message-Id: <200411231145.iANBj7El019015@mail.tpgi.com.au> From: "LEI CHEN" To: "'Erich Dollansky'" Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:15:04 +1030 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <41A1CAE0.4040300@pacific.net.sg> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Thread-index: AcTQhMc6Caw8jGwqSVutyPfOS7URWAAzBv4g X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed cc: 'Alejandro lanjoe9 Valenzuela' cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Best HDD's for laptops? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:45:14 -0000 TravelStar is a Hitachi's product, and because of it's the most reliable one, so IBM uses it as Thinkpad's HHD for years. For example: a 5400 80Gb IDE 2.5" Travelstar has 8Mb of cache. For your reference: http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/hgst/?epi_menuItemID=0f34be57a7adb6fd2 5ad4e8060e4f0a0&epi_menuID=f3422d6ea3268f8d5f5a530560e4f0a0&epi_baseMenuID=2 2f0deefa8f3967dafa0466460e4f0a0 Cheers, LEI -----Original Message----- From: Erich Dollansky [mailto:oceanare@pacific.net.sg] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:48 PM To: LEI CHEN Cc: 'Alejandro lanjoe9 Valenzuela'; freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best HDD's for laptops? Hi, LEI CHEN wrote: > As long as I concern of using laptop, the best HDD should be Toshiba > TravelStar. Travelstar is an IBM brand. I use Toshibas since 1997 without fault. I have had one fault with a TravelStar. > Hello, my laptop's HDD (Toshiba MK401GAS 40 GB) had a horrible mechanical > failure a few days ago, after about 3 years of use. It could have been just bad luck. > What HDD brands/models/manufacturers would you recommend? > I need one that resists heavy use.. IBM/Hitachi have meanwhile selected models for this purpose. I never have seen them in the wild. Erich