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Did you get your new MBP with a 5400 or 7200 HDD?

Did you buy a 5400 or 7200?

  • 5400 rpm

    Votes: 36 43.9%

  • 7200 rpm

    Votes: 46 56.1%
  • Total voters
    82
ozreth said:
And you aren't kicking yourself for the decision? It's taking everything inside of me to not cancel my order that will like take two or more weeks and just go to the apple store and get the 5400 haha.
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hahaha, Yeah I'm terrible at making decisions first it was should I get the 5400 now or wait for the 7200, Then it was 15 vs 17. I even contemplated getting the 27" iMac and the iPad and just bagging the MBP.

At the end of the day I'm very happy with my i7 17 with the 5400 drive. If the HD feels too slow it's a cheap fix to get a new 7200 drive and I can get the exact drive I want. Which is why I'm no longer agonizing and just enjoying.
 
underblu said:
hahaha, Yeah I'm terrible at making decisions first it was should I get the 5400 now or wait for the 7200, Then it was 15 vs 17. I even contemplated getting the 27" iMac and the iPad and just bagging the MBP.

At the end of the day I'm very happy with my i7 17 with the 5400 drive. If the HD feels too slow it's a cheap fix to get a new 7200 drive and I can get the exact drive I want. Which is why I'm no longer agonizing and just enjoying.
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So it dosen't feel slow at all? And which 7200 would you get and what makes it better than the one apple supplies? Thanks : )
 
RPM isn't everything... bigger isn't always better... etc, etc...

Check the benchmarks - I bet my 5400rpm drive is faster than a lot of your 7200rpm drives (again, per the benchmarks).

DISCLAIMER: I did NOT say ALL of your 7200rpm drives. :D

EDIT: And BTW, I paid $86 shipped from Newegg for my 640GB Samsung - plus I got to keep my stock 250GB to use as an external.
 
js81 said:
RPM isn't everything... bigger isn't always better... etc, etc...

Check the benchmarks - I bet my 5400rpm drive is faster than a lot of your 7200rpm drives (again, per the benchmarks).

DISCLAIMER: I did NOT say ALL of your 7200rpm drives. :D

EDIT: And BTW, I paid $86 shipped from Newegg for my 640GB Samsung - plus I got to keep my stock 250GB to use as an external.
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Didn't you already have an external (most people do) and Im not sure which HDD's on that chart are the 5400 and 7200 that apple supplies...

I get your point though.
 
SSD>7200>5400 :)

I voted 5400 only cause thats the minimum spec cause I already planned to install the X25-M while I was ordering, If you had to pick between the two ofcourse get 7200RPM
 
ozreth said:
Didn't you already have an external (most people do) and Im not sure which HDD's on that chart are the 5400 and 7200 that apple supplies...

I get your point though.
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I did, but Apple didn't have a big enough drive for my tastes available, plus I bought a standard config from Macconnection for FAR LESS ($150 off). So I might as well use that "old" 250GB drive, right? :)
 
Bought stock and put a Seagate 7200 drive in myself. I don't buy Apple upgrades unless its unavoidable. Usually I put my own RAM in but I can live w/ 4GB.
 
I have ordered the default 320GB 5400RPM hard drive, but will switch this myself for the hard drive mentioned in my signature. Together with the Western Digital Black is this the fastest available hard drive, where the Western Digital Black is available in 320GB maximum and the one I have ordered is 500GB.
 
7200 - don't notice any noise or heat. Then again, don't notice that much difference in performance from the 5400
 
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