I really respect your knowledge on notebooks and was wondering about a couple of things. Recently New Egg dropped the Hitatchi TravelStar 100gig 7200 RPM SATA-only 2.5" hard-drive from their inventory. I had heard there were some noise and heat concerns but am not sure if that was the reason or if it just wasn't selling so well. It was going for $170ish and the next step down (80 gig'er same stats) was $120. Those still remain, but I would REALLY like to 100 or even a 120 gig to upgrade to. Do you have any recommendations or is such a creature going to be more realistic in the near future?
Also, when I do finally upgrade my laptop HD, what is the best program to use to port the contents to the new drive? Symantec Ghost? I've used it before but it's been years and I was imaging Kinko's standard workstations (was a Technology Manager for about 3 years). But since then I haven't messed with it and a few years have passed.
Might you have any suggestions for me? Oh, and thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions from everyone.
Also, when I do finally upgrade my laptop HD, what is the best program to use to port the contents to the new drive? Symantec Ghost? I've used it before but it's been years and I was imaging Kinko's standard workstations (was a Technology Manager for about 3 years). But since then I haven't messed with it and a few years have passed.
Might you have any suggestions for me? Oh, and thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions from everyone.