15" MacBook Pro and a 7200rpm drive

istara · 15th November 2006, 18:42

For some reason, it doesn't seem to be possible to custom build the latest 15" MacBook Pro with a 7200rpm drive. The top speed is 5200rpm. Only the 17" has 7200rpm as a (cheaper, ironically - subtract $100) option.

But a bit of Googling suggests previous 15" models did have a 7200rpm drive as an option. See here: http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Im...son_chart.html

So what is going on? Because I would take speed over size any day. Having a smaller har drive is a better discipline for forcing one to make regular back-ups, as well. Plus massive extermal drives are so cheap these days. So within my computer, I just want speed.

15th November 2006, 18:42	#1 (permalink)
istara Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 156	15" MacBook Pro and a 7200rpm drive For some reason, it doesn't seem to be possible to custom build the latest 15" MacBook Pro with a 7200rpm drive. The top speed is 5200rpm. Only the 17" has 7200rpm as a (cheaper, ironically - subtract $100) option. But a bit of Googling suggests previous 15" models did have a 7200rpm drive as an option. See here: http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Im...son_chart.html So what is going on? Because I would take speed over size any day. Having a smaller har drive is a better discipline for forcing one to make regular back-ups, as well. Plus massive extermal drives are so cheap these days. So within my computer, I just want speed.

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