Why don't leptop Hard drives come in 7200RPM?

[Guess Who]

Well, the smaller sizes do, but anything over 40GB is either 4200 or 5400
RPM. I have an 80GB drive in my Toshiba, but it's only 4200 RPM. It seems
kind of sluggish when doing certain things. I would really love to have a
100GB 7200 RPM drive in my laptop.

The drive in there now is ultra quiet - I never hear it, as opposed to my
Sony VAIO drive which constantly went "click.. click.. click...: -- It drove
me nuts.

Does anyone know if there are any plans to release 7200 RPM laptop drives?
I assume heat would be the determining factor?

 

[Roly]

Well, the smaller sizes do, but anything over 40GB is either 4200 or 5400
RPM. I have an 80GB drive in my Toshiba, but it's only 4200 RPM. It seems
kind of sluggish when doing certain things. I would really love to have a
100GB 7200 RPM drive in my laptop.

The drive in there now is ultra quiet - I never hear it, as opposed to my
Sony VAIO drive which constantly went "click.. click.. click...: -- It drove
me nuts.

Does anyone know if there are any plans to release 7200 RPM laptop drives?
I assume heat would be the determining factor?

I've been running a 60GB 7,200 since December, planning on getting a
second (I can run 2 - 3 if I count the dock).

Andy.

 

[Guess Who]

I read yesterday that Seagate is planning a 100GB 7200 RPM laptop drive by
the end of the year.