I thought a Macbook w/ 7200rpm HD would be faster. It's not!!!

[GodWhomIsMike]

I installed a 200GB Seagate Momentus hard drive (7200rpm w/ 16MB cache).

I did a clone of my original hard drive onto the 7200rpm HD. I installed the new drive and put the original into an enclosure.

I boot up and it's slower. I reboot, and it boots quicker but not as fast as before.

Some apps are quicker and others are slower. There is a minor vibration on the left side below the keyboard. But I expected some vibration.

What I didn't expect was longer boot times.

I do not recommend the upgrade.

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[djinn]

The recommendation goes to people that use their HDD for very intense reasons. Examples being Graphics people or gaming. Opening Apps won't show off its speed.

Update: http://www.barefeats.com/mbcd7.html - check it out

 

[GodWhomIsMike]

It's a noticeably longer boot up, which sucks.

 

[J@ffa]

It's a noticeably longer boot up, which sucks.

I'd wipe it and start from scratch with restoring your apps and files. Cloning a drive over can bring in old gremlins and occasionally gremlins from your old system. I'm not saying any difference, if there is one, will blow your mind, but it's worth trying if you've got the time to mess about just so you can be sure it's not just old caches or directory this and that leading you astray.