Krankerz Posted February 14, 2004 Author Share Posted February 14, 2004 OK, well I called in again, talking to someone else because I got an e-mail confirmation stating that it shipped. However, on one FedEx page, it gives me a tracking number for some other shipment in December (oddly enough it is for my city), and the other tracking number (for the same product) doesn't even give me any information. Two tracking numbers, neither of them work. But, I did get an oral confirmation that I should receive it by Tuesday (about damn time...). Also, I never got a call back from both the rep and his supervisor. What ****ty service. Fusion, like isus said (and what I was about to say) is that Alienware puts 7200 RPM drives into their laptops. I could be wrong, but I think Falcon Norwest does that also. Guess you have to check your sources before flaming. :) NeoMayhem, I doubt the 5400 RPM HDD would be that much of an inconvenience. Why would Apple offer a faster HDD at a higher price if a) it wasn't really faster than the 4200 RPM and b) it would get too hot to handle. I'm sure, if that were the case, they wouldn't even release it. Thank you all for your help. For those who said you sent in your Apple products for repair are stating comments irrelevant to my post. I have no idea how my tech support for the laptop will be (although, I hope it will improve). I am only having trouble with the sales department. But thanks again, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 OK, well I called in again, talking to someone else because I got an e-mail confirmation stating that it shipped.? However, on one FedEx page, it gives me a tracking number for some other shipment in December (oddly enough it is for my city), and the other tracking number (for the same product) doesn't even give me any information.? Two tracking numbers, neither of them work.? But, I did get an oral confirmation that I should receive it by Tuesday (about damn time...).? Also, I never got a call back from both the rep and his supervisor.? What ****ty service.Fusion, like isus said (and what I was about to say) is that Alienware puts 7200 RPM drives into their laptops.? I could be wrong, but I think Falcon Norwest does that also.? Guess you have to check your sources before fla:)ng.? :) NeoMayhem, I doubt the 5400 RPM HDD would be that much of an inconvenience.? Why would Apple offer a faster HDD at a higher price if a) it wasn't really faster than the 4200 RPM and b) it would get too hot to handle.? I'm sure, if that were the case, they wouldn't even release it. Thank you all for your help.? For those who said you sent in your Apple products for repair are stating comments irrelevant to my post.? I have no idea how my tech support for the laptop will be (although, I hope it will improve).? I am only having trouble with the sales department.? But thanks again, anyway. Krankerz. You are mistaking flaming for advice. Nowhere did I ever flame you or anyone else on here. It is common knowledge that Alienware puts 7200rpm drives in their laptops. I am sorry for not excusing them out of my post. I have never delved into Falcom Northwest nor have I ever seen any of their products. Alienware's computers to my knowledge are built for gaming. There are three other computer companies that will offer this as well. eMachines, Dell, and now HP soon will offer laptops with 7200rpm drives in them. All four of these (the three I mentioned and alienware) are marketed specifically for gaming. The performance of most laptop hard drives is so close that it really doesn't matter how fast the drive is. This makes things easier to deal with since the drive size and accessibility are what really matter. Some high performance gaming systems do now offer high speed 7200rpm drives. This does have increased performance, but they will only be found on the most expensive of systems. Most systems ship with 4200 or 5400 rpm drives. If you read my post again, you will note that I stated "in my own personal experience" I have never noticed lag in a game or anywhere else for that matter using a 4200rpm drive. This is by no means to discount other's observations of the exact opposite, I am simply stating my own experience. Excuse me for the ":rolleyes:t; :rolleyes: My guess is you didn't buy an Apple in the first place for gaming anyway so what does it matter? No one stated it wasn't faster and no one stated it gets too hot. It is a faster drive. Note the 4200 vs 5400 number. That would be in reference to speed. With the 5400 drive the laptop will not get "too hot" to use. I mean common, are you being serious here? It is common knowledge again though however that with a faster drive comes more heat. There is no denying it and anyone who is under any other assumption needs to have their head checked. It still will not be "too hot" to use however. My 12" powerbook gets hot, but the Rev.A's were twice if not more as hot. Does that make them unusable? No. It makes them hotter. Wow, what a concept. Some people prefer features over others. It is entirely a personal preference. Obviously some (enough to make apple offer it) value hard drive speed over battery life and temperature as may you. It is not a crime and no one said it is. Just simply a personal preference. I would never get the added functionality out of a slightly faster hard drive to justify the drop in battery life and rise in temperature but that is not to say that many would. Apple has said many times they release products for their customers many times in regard to their requests. Of note: Although they accommodate it, Apple's powerbooks were not designed specifically for the gaming market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krankerz Posted February 14, 2004 Author Share Posted February 14, 2004 No one stated it wasn't faster and no one stated it gets too hot.On the contrary. You said yourself that the 7200 RPM wasn't faster than the 4200 RPM on your Powerbook...In my PC, I was using an 80g western digital 7200rpm with 8mb cache. I know use a 12" powerbook with a 4200rpm full time and it is still faster than my PC was. With regards to getting to hot, isus stated... i'm sure some of these 2" thick "notebooks" from the x86 world have 7200rpm drives available for them... but also, they produce a lot of heat. Also, you don't have to tell me the differences between drive speeds. I build PCs for a living and know plenty about them. Thanks for trying to help, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Frett Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 This may be a bit OT but, I called those guys to get help setting up my airport and the guy on the phone acted like he didn't know what in the heck I was talking about. He kept asking me what I wanted help with after I just told him that the airport admin util would not see the cotton pickin' airport. Apparently the Airport just needed to be beat around a few times with my fist until it reset, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I agree, a 4200rpm drive is just fine for a laptop computer. I have one in my iBook and while it's bloody slow at copying files off CDs, it's more than fast enough for just normal HDD accessing operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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