Sony AIT E200/S 80 GB 208 GB

Advantages: Fast Small and 80GB!
Disadvantages: Nothing really

...After getting myself into the whole iMovie and DV camcorder thang, I realised that the tiny hard drive (10 Gb) in my iBook was not enough (1 hour of DV footage takes up 13 Gb), so I started looking for alternatives. As Firewire is the only high speed connection on the laptop, I looked around. Most 30-40Gb Hard drives for Firewire (Also Sony i.Link) were £250, but I saw this one by Maxtor - 80 Gb for under £350. The Box is smaller than I thought, and Graphite and ice to match the iBook, but it does come with an ugly and propriety power supply. Very fast was my first reaction. It can stream DV footage without any dropped frames - and thats 5 Mbytes/s. So, unless you are doing pro DV or something really demanding there is no point in buying the 75Gb drives out there that cost over £700 - the extra little bit of speed is really... Read review

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Advantages: Good for a teenager, fast and sleek.
Disadvantages: Gets useless for a business man.

...Sony Vaio FZ11L WVP T7100 2GB 120GB 15.4' (1.80 GHz and 800 MHz FSB) 120 GB Serial ATA 5400 rpm hard disk drive 15.40' WXGA (1280 x 800)Widescreen2 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM (2*1024 MB) Maximum 2 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT notebook graphics Total Available Graphics Memoryof831 MB DVDRW/R DL/RAM drive Built-in 'Motion Eye' Digital Camera At only 637.45 Pounds Personally i think its a great deal, if ur a teenager u basically need nothing else.If you are a business man i would sincerely advise u not to get this as it will be useless for you.I would prefer this for business use,Sony Vaio VGN-SZ5XWN/C T7200 2048MB 160GB Vista Business Laptop Pc Given how unique your fingerprint is, the VAIO SZ's fingerprint scanning ensures only you can log on into your notebook. And your data stays in safe hands -yours... Read review

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Advantages: Fast and quiet
Disadvantages: Lack of instructions

...Can you possibly fill in 80 GB worth of data on your computer? I can - all those MP3s, applications and games meant that upgrading from an exisiting 10 GB drive was essential. Costing around £80, the Deskstar 120GXP did not come with any fixtures or fitting, leads or indeed, instructions. If you are au fait with PC upgrades, all very well, if not you may want someone who is to install it for you. After 'cloning' the data from my 10 GB drive to the 80 GB Deskstar 120GXP the first thing I noticed is how very quiet the drive is - only the flashing red LED on the front of the PC gives it away. The drive runs at 7,200 RPM so is considerably faster than old 5,400 RPM drives. You certainly notice the difference - Windows loads faster and games and applications too. Reviews in magazines have questioned the lifespan of this drive... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful