IBM ThinkPad X40/X41 hdd upgrade

Hi!Can you please advise me as to which hdd is best to upgrade the slow 4200rpm 1.8-inch drive that my laptop will come with?I'm interested in the best value price/performance.Please if you could give the full name/type of the drive/s so I can google it!
Thank you!

 

I'd probably go with a compact flash boot drive ( detailed here).

That or one of the very few SSDs that will fit in your x4x is really the only sensible choice.

 

Thanks for that,but can you please tell me which ssd's are compatible?

 

I bought an SSD similar to this on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-US-SHIP-Le...C_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3efc524703

It made the X40 much faster. Mine is now my backup machine but still by far the best notebook I've ever had and longest I have ever used continuously (6 years and counting). Hope this helps.

 

Thanks ,I'll consider that!
How is the fitting like- you need connector and stuff or you just plug it in?

 

no adapter or different connector, just remove the original hdd from the caddy thing that it was in and put your new hdd in, then put the hdd into the machine.

 

Thanks for your reply!I'll give it a try soon.