Best hard drive?(for a Macbook pro speed vs.capacity)

[mknabster]

I'm going to be getting a Macbook Pro soon, and i'm trying to decide on which hard drive i want to get with it. Within my budget, i have 2 options, the 160 GB 5400 RPM, or the 200 GB 4200 RPM. Now i know the speeds are important, which is why i'm asking the question. I would love to have the 200 GB one, but the 4200 RPM as opposed to the 5400 RPM throws me, i don't know which one to get. And another thing, what's the largest hard drive that the Macbook Pro accepts?

[In2Photos]

Go for the speed first. You can always get an external drive to store your data (pictures). I have a 160GB drive for my OS and Data (not including pictures). Currently it has about 25GB used. I have a completely seperate drive for my photos. Granted this is on a desktop, but I would do the same if my laptop was my primary computer.

[ayotnoms]

go for the 5400...later on, you can get a network attached external (assuming you'll use the new Airport Extreme at some point) to store your stuff. I have a 500GB of the latter and I use it to immediately dump the contents of my CF cards to it. Works good. Lasts a long time. ;)