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Originally Posted by newtekie1
Rotational speed isn't everything. Modern 5400RPM drives actually perform quite well, outperforming 7200RPM drives from just a few years ago, and for the power savings, I'd never even bother putting a 7200RPM drive in a laptop.
And I think the main focus of this drive is USB enclosures, so the rotational speed really doesn't matter as USB bottlenecks even 4200RPM drives...
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I replaced my 5400 RPM laptop drive with a 7200RPM and noticed quite a difference in bootup and program starting times with very little change in my battery life (actually unnoticable unless I run defrag until the battery dies and compare the two). I'd make the recommendation to anyone on the fence to get the faster drive for a laptop.