Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2004

I've had a Toshiba 60GAS drive in my wallstreet for almost two years now.  It
is very quiet, but lately has been acting up (unable to read/write) when the
machine is used hard and the temperature gets very high.

Is this a failing of the Toshiba product line, or is the higher capacity
drawing enough power (rated at 2.3W) to increasing heat to an unhealthy
level?

I'm in the market for a new drive, what is the latest scoop?  Looks like
Toshiba still sells the same drive and there are offerings from Hitachi/IBM
and fujistu.  I moved away from IBM years ago becaise of noise and
reliability problems. Anyone know off hand the lowest power 40 gig and above
drive?

Thanks

Toots