I recently bought a 2010 model 15" MacBook Pro with an I5 processor. It is surprisingly fast - the fastest laptop I've ever owned, and almost as fast as the three year old MacPro that I use at work. However, it lags in one important area: Disk performance. I replaced the stock 5400 RPM drive with a 7200 RPM drive, and that made a small, but significant, difference. When I installed an Other World
