[Gllug] Best single CD Linux distro

[Rob Crowther]

Russell Howe wrote:
> Also, a faster drive's likely to be more power-hungry, although to what
> extent this will affect the battery life of the machine, I don't know (I
> suspect the screen backlight and CPU would take more juice).
> 
I upgraded my work laptop to a 5200RPM drive and have not noticed any 
ill effects - battery life seems much the same, temperature doesn't seem 
to be more of a problem, and I got a 30% performance boost on boot up 
time (which is all that I measured before and after).

Rob
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