haha i've always wondered that myself. i guess we just dont have to worry about that. i wont be surprised to see a 5400rpm drive fail after 2 weeks, and another 7200rpm drive running great after 7 years. just have a full backup and live happily

in theory a 5400rpm disc would last longer than a 7200rpm but in the real world, as dvlz mentioned either one could die on you just like that.

the faster the drive, the more heat it emits, and the more power it consumes hold true in theory and real life though.

just upgrade my macbook to 8GB..load and close also faster now. if running lion 8gn surely is needed..

before the upgrade, my start time is around 20 sec and shutdown around 4 sec and after the upgrade the time still the same or maybe faster a lil bit. On my mbp, i dont use a partiton.

@vivakarna, wow.. 20s startup? Are you using SSD?

many of us upgrade because its cheap and not because we need a faster machine.
but nonetheless, i open more applications now as i have a lot of free memory

This post has been edited by BRY7: Sep 10 2011, 08:22 AM

yeah.. the upgrade steps you take plays a factor.

if you opt for an ssd upgrade prior to rams, you won't "feel" the ram upgrade doing much.

no la, just normal hdd..maybe my mbp is new, so thats why, i dont know. plus i'm a light user. only do movie, music, surfing and office with it.

wow...mbp can boot up so fast....can beat MBA boot up time...

Need suggestions.
MBA 1st Gen.
Upgraded OS now isight cam not detected.
Tried resetting SMC method - still no go.
Checked USB - no cam listed.

SSD start up should be around 10-15 seconds.
depending on which SSD models.
fastest ones are OCZ Vertex 3 and OCW Mercury Electra 6G

just to clear things up, my boot time after using stopwatch is;

1) Boot time: 33 - 35 sec

2) Shutdown: 3 - 4 sec

Sorry for my misinformation earlier

Shutdown impressive Mine takes almost 2x if im right

how come so slow?
mine is sometimes instantly

I don't know Maybe I didn't close down all my programmes .

cmd+q always :P

CMD+Tab to check whats running then Quit those you don't use

Please suggest me a good video converter from avi to TS or mpeg2?
Thanks

Smart Converter or Handbrake

Thanks for the suggestion.