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    Q45 - Which Speed HDD?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by lukealexander, Mar 16, 2008.

  1. lukealexander

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    off topic, but have i seen you looking for the vista mountain wallpaper before?
     
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    You have. :)
     
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    it was your picture... lol... hope you get your HD's sorted out! :D
    Oh yeah... and i got that wallpaper from that link... thanks!
     
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    Good question about the HDD speed. None of the retailers show the speed.

    Fujitsu's site[/URL] shows a 4200rpm 250GB so maybe it is that one (Samsung do use Fujitsu HDDs). It claims a read / write power consumption of 1.6W. If that is true then it's well below average and will give a useful boost to the Q45's battery run time (provided there's a correspondingly low idle power consumption). Anyway, the high data density will mean that 250GB 4200rpm will give very acceptable performance.

    John
     
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    Thanks John, a friend of mine is looking to possibly buy a Q45, and the £200 saving seems very reasonable considering the minor difference in performance!
     
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