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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
5400 vs 7200 RPM hard drives?
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<blockquote data-quote="fletch33" data-source="post: 681640" data-attributes="member: 32473"><p>the macbook uses SATA and if you search around on here you will see that this subject will cause MUCH debate about how much difference a 5400 versus a 7200 makes. i personally wanted the larger hard drive (320GB) so i went with size over speed. i also didn't notice a performance change when i went back to 5400 from 7200 but again this will cause post after post of differing opinions on HDD speed.</p><p></p><p>also <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150380+1035915133+1035507776+1309722571&name=200GB" target="_blank">here</a> are a couple 200GB 7200 drives for a few dollars more and they also have 16mb cache versus your links 8mb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fletch33, post: 681640, member: 32473"] the macbook uses SATA and if you search around on here you will see that this subject will cause MUCH debate about how much difference a 5400 versus a 7200 makes. i personally wanted the larger hard drive (320GB) so i went with size over speed. i also didn't notice a performance change when i went back to 5400 from 7200 but again this will cause post after post of differing opinions on HDD speed. also [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150380+1035915133+1035507776+1309722571&name=200GB"]here[/URL] are a couple 200GB 7200 drives for a few dollars more and they also have 16mb cache versus your links 8mb. [/QUOTE]
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