1.  Is SMART a brand, or your emphasis?  If the latter, what brand do you recommend?

2.  Does the temperature consideration also apply when the laptop is in the
docking station?   Most of the time I will be using it docked.

> From: "Frank Haber" 
> Hey, Antti,
> Have you actually run largish test datasets on your 610, locally?  Painful?
> The classic advice is not to bother with notebooks for this, but I see more
> and more developers carrying one machine around everywhere, doing builds and
> quick fixes on site, both, on one notebook.  As long as they back up, it's
> very convenient.  I make it a point to slap them upside the head until they
> do, when I have the authority.
> Two years ago, 7200rpm drives ran too hot for many laptops.  Things seem to
> have gotten better.  This is a hint to install a SMART temperature monitoring
> util and tell me the HD temp after a build on your 610 (pretty please).
> Thanks in advance.
> -f

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