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7200rpm HD battery question

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bart rijksen

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I'm debating whether i should get the 7200rpm drive or the 5400rpm drive, in a new macbook pro 15 inch. What battery life do you get using the 7200rpm drive? and is there a big difference in performance between the two?
Thanks
 
bart rijksen said:
I'm debating whether i should get the 7200rpm drive or the 5400rpm drive, in a new macbook pro 15 inch. What battery life do you get using the 7200rpm drive? and is there a big difference in performance between the two?
Thanks
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I didnt notice much of a difference in battery power or speed to be honest...
 
With normal internet usage and some word processing for taking notes in school, I get anywhere from 4.5 - 5 hours of battery life.

When I watch video or something that taxes the processor a little more, it'll tell me that it's about 3 - 3.5 hours.

And, on a flight to Seattle, as my wife was batch processing and saving files in Photoshop CS, it dropped the battery life down to about 2.5 hours. Still not bad for such a continuous strain on the CPU and HDD.

Hope this helps.
 
andrewdale said:
With normal internet usage and some word processing for taking notes in school, I get anywhere from 4.5 - 5 hours of battery life.

When I watch video or something that taxes the processor a little more, it'll tell me that it's about 3 - 3.5 hours.

And, on a flight to Seattle, as my wife was batch processing and saving files in Photoshop CS, it dropped the battery life down to about 2.5 hours. Still not bad for such a continuous strain on the CPU and HDD.

Hope this helps.
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Ok, great. Thanks a lot
 
My 2.33 (5400) was replaced with a new penryn (opted to upgrade to 7200) and both out of the box, I noticed an increase in battery life actually (3.5hr up to 5:15). Probably due to the 45nm processor. And it is so much cooler. Heat = energy lost. I highly recommend the upgrade when transferring larger files.
 
Another question, will the hard drive last for about 4 years or will it have failed by then?

Thank you very much. Will be ordering in an hour or so, so i would like the answers asap

Thank you
 
I don't know if there's any way of knowing that. 7200 rpm 2.5" drives have only been out for 1-2 yrs. But if the 3.5 drives are any indication, I don't think they had any higher fail rate than standard 5400.
 
bart rijksen said:
Another question, will the hard drive last for about 4 years or will it have failed by then?

Thank you very much. Will be ordering in an hour or so, so i would like the answers asap

Thank you
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Think it depends more on the manufacturer. Good manufacturers can produce better quality. But they should last for four years i'm assuming.
 
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