Originally posted by: GnomeCop
I have one in my notebook and it makes the computer feel pretty fast even when my Pentium M 1.7Ghz clocks down to 298mhz to save on battery.
With a 5400rpm drive, the overall feeling of the notebook when the cpu clocks down is not nearly as responsive.
Originally posted by: alexruiz
Different people, different answers... but if you ask me, it makes a lot of difference. Hey, you will even feel the difference with a a 5400 rpm drive (5K80 for example) Faster boot time, shorter wait to load applications.....
Originally posted by: aakerman
Originally posted by: GnomeCop
I have one in my notebook and it makes the computer feel pretty fast even when my Pentium M 1.7Ghz clocks down to 298mhz to save on battery.
With a 5400rpm drive, the overall feeling of the notebook when the cpu clocks down is not nearly as responsive.
Pentium-Ms don't go lower than 600 MHz - just FYI :
Originally posted by: GnomeCop
Originally posted by: aakerman
Originally posted by: GnomeCop
I have one in my notebook and it makes the computer feel pretty fast even when my Pentium M 1.7Ghz clocks down to 298mhz to save on battery.
With a 5400rpm drive, the overall feeling of the notebook when the cpu clocks down is not nearly as responsive.
Pentium-Ms don't go lower than 600 MHz - just FYI :
well then windows/cpu-z must be reporting something wrong because my 1.7 shows up as 298mhz frequently when it is on battery power.