I have the Seagate 7200.1 in my X31. The drive is extremely quiet. I have to put my ear close and listen to hear it. I replaced the original 4200 rpm drive immediately, so I can't really say how much difference there is in noise. You do need to be sure to mount it tightly. The first time I installed...

I have an X40 and I think the question really comes down to just how much portability matters to you. I seldom carry textbooks to class, so the X40 is the heaviest thing in my backpack. I really can't tell it's there. The extra 3 pounds of a T series won't break your back, but you'll definitely noti...

The sites you linked mention ACPI for standby (suspend to ram). I've read several sites saying ACPI works, but I've never gotten it to. APM on the other hand works without a problem. I'm running Gentoo not Fedora Core 3, so I'm not sure how to enable it in FC3. You need to have it enabled in the ker...

The X40 supports dual monitors in extended desktop mode. I'm fairly sure I've even managed to play back movies on either monitor, though full screening always goes to the primary monitor.

I had a 560x with linux installed. To have hibernate working, you need to have a fat partition with a hibernation file. The hibernation file needs to be big enough to store ram plus a little more. There's a specific dos application called ps2.exe which creates the hibernation file. I'm not sure abou...