Before you buy a new hard drive, check to see if the one that ships with it isn't already a 5400 RPM one. My mini came with a 40 GB, 5400 RPM hard drive. That's not big enough so I have a 250 GB external hard drive as well.
Oh yeah and those prices are messed up. If you want to buy them from a place in Canada, I think Tiger Direct is the place to go. There is a Samsung 80 GB, 5400 RPM, 8 MB model for $120 Canadian. The Western Digital and Seagate models are $140 and $150, respectively. They also have the 100 GB, 5400 RPM Seagate for $199.
Personally I don't think it's worth that much just to get a slightly faster speed. If you need a lot of storage, get a desktop-sized drive instead. They're a whole lot faster, have much larger capacities, and don't cost as much.
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