Has anyone performed an upgrade on the TR1. I just opened up the case and it looks easy enough.

Any news on forthcoming 5400 rpm hdd, 1.8” HDD?

I think we’re all waiting for the release of larger sized 1.8” drives. The faster RPMs would be nice although there might be the issue of heat and energy usage. I would rather have larger densities like 60 or 80GB since they would inherently increase performance due to higher areal density.

The other problem is that finding these drives on the open market is a hard thing right now. If I find and retailers that have a decent price I will be posting it here.

[quote author=“gr00vy0ne”]I would rather have larger densities like 60 or 80GB since they would inherently increase performance due to higher areal density.

I thought it was the other way around…

The bigger the drive, the slower it reads…

Since the drive reads from the center out, the closer the data is to the begining of the drive the faster it is read…the larger discs mean it will take the computer longer to read the part from 40-60GB and beyond. Although it might speed the computer up if you have access to a larger Swap File…

It I am wrong, please correct me.

Erik

[quote author=“tifosiv122”]

I thought it was the other way around…

The bigger the drive, the slower it reads…

Since the drive reads from the center out, the closer the data is to the begining of the drive the faster it is read…the larger discs mean it will take the computer longer to read the part from 40-60GB and beyond. Although it might speed the computer up if you have access to a larger Swap File…

It I am wrong, please correct me.

Erik

This might be true on an optical drive, but on a hard drive the bits are packed closer together with higher capacities, offsetting any performance hit. It’s like reading data from a CD at 4x and then reading data from a DVD at 4x, you’ll get more from the DVD due to greater areal density. This is basically what gr00vy said above. Also, with new generation hard drives come advances like increased rotational speed and bigger drive buffers that also increase performance.

Hi gang -

If you want to do a HDD upgrade, or anything else
that voids your warranty, I documented my experience
in opening the sucker up to replace a damaged keyboard:

http://uberdogs.typepad.com/photos/sonytr1ap/

- CG