01-27-2008, 03:35 PM
a new class of 5400 rpm & 2mb cache should beat the pants off your tibook version. SHOULD. That said, I've had 2004 versions of 72s and 54s that the performance was identical.
The cache of 8MB in my first "better drive" (also a 7200) pounded them both.
Still -- via FW, you should have no problem pumping 25mb/sec across that drive.
Can't say the same via USB, but with 6 to 6 and 6 to 4 firewire, I don't see much need for USB via a Mac.
And yes, on an intel mac you can boot from either USB or FW. From PPC mac, just the FW.
The cache of 8MB in my first "better drive" (also a 7200) pounded them both.
Still -- via FW, you should have no problem pumping 25mb/sec across that drive.
Can't say the same via USB, but with 6 to 6 and 6 to 4 firewire, I don't see much need for USB via a Mac.
And yes, on an intel mac you can boot from either USB or FW. From PPC mac, just the FW.