Upgrading my r50p

[jayrobs]

I am considering upgrading some hardware items on my R50p. Like new hard drive and maybe a dvd-r drive. Where is a good place to get these at and how big should i go on the hard drive? and are there any other things that can be upgraded on my thinkpad. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[wolfman]

A good place to get hard drives is www.newegg.com and/or www.zipzoomfly.com. You can get up to 60 gig @7200 RPM from Hitachi (they recently announced a 100 gig 7200 RPM but I don't know of anyplace with them in stock). Otherwise, in 5400 RPM I believe the largest available is 100 gig.

I bought my replacement drive from www.zipzoomfly.com and have purchased numerous components from both of these vendors, they are recommended and quite reputable.