Get a 160GB 7200rpm Seagate Momentus, it's well worth it!!
Have you thought of getting an external HD at all? That's generally the easiest solution for more storage.
Does any brand make 120 or 160 gig 7200 rpm drives? 160 gig, 7200 rpm is a build to order option on the macbook pro.
That's what CanadaRAM is saying... the iBook and Powerbook use Parallel ATA (PATA) drives, whereas the Macbook and MBP use Serial ATA (SATA) drives. The SATA drives are readily available in the larger sizes, but the PATA are not. I looked around earlier when I saw your thread the first time, and I also cannot find any >100GB PATA 2.5" drives. There's no workaround to put a SATA drive inside the PB, as far as I know. So your best bet, if you really want an internal, is to settle for the 100GB/7200....
Awesome... Didn't see that the MBP was a SATA drive. Next question is would 5400 rpm with maxed-out ram (1.25 ghz) be noticeably faster? (I have 4200 rpm; 768 Mgz RAM now)
1.25 giga*bytes* (GB) not gigahertz.
The easiest way to tell would be to run the Activity Monitor program, look at the memory usage tab, and at the bottom, the page-outs. If this number is large, and if it is increasing from day to day (it resets on reboot, though), then your computer can benefit from more memory.
Probably yet another silly question but is 229,169/66,735 bad? Also would a higher RPM HDD do anything?
Upgrading your HD RPMs will speed up your computer, but the RAM issue is an independent one. With 66,000 page-outs, unless your computer has been on for months without reboot, I would guess the RAM would make a bigger difference for you.
However, my guess is, yes, you'd benefit from more memory. As a point of reference, my iMac G5 / 2.0 GHz has 1.5 GB of RAM, and having been up without reboot for 7 days, 22 hours, it has 274 page-outs. I.E., it has plenty of RAM for my use.
You only care about the second number (page-outs). Depends on how long your up time is. Probably you'd benefit from more RAM. One way to be sure is to reboot the computer and then check back in a couple of days or at the end of the day.
However, my guess is, yes, you'd benefit from more memory. As a point of reference, my iMac G5 / 2.0 GHz has 1.5 GB of RAM, and having been up without reboot for 7 days, 22 hours, it has 274 page-outs. I.E., it has plenty of RAM for my use.
Upgrading your HD RPMs will speed up your computer, but the RAM issue is an independent one. With 66,000 page-outs, unless your computer has been on for months without reboot, I would guess the RAM would make a bigger difference for you.