Macbook Pro...5400 or 7200 drive?

I'm looking into trading in my Powermac G5 dual 2.5GHz for the newest 15" macbook pro, and I'm wondering which drive to get. I will be using it with FCP and Motion occasionally, but I have Mac Pro dedicated for most of the work. I plan on buying an external LaCie drive with FW800, and using it as my media drive for FCP, so I am wondering if upgrading to the 7200rpm drive is worth the $$$. I have been reading up on the speed/heat differences, but it's about a 50/50 split in opinions. Has anyone been using the Macbook Pro with a 5400rpm drive that has had speed issues when using FCS2 apps?

I've had two LaCie external drives fail me in the past couple years. One I have mounted in an ATA slot right now in a Mac Pro. I have tons of different types and LaCie is the only one I've really had problems with.
And one Fantom drive too.

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