[G4] Hard Drive Question

[Philip J Robar]

On Dec 28, 2005, at 5:28 AM, BROADWAY33 at aol.com wrote:

> I am thinking of purchasing a Seagate 7200 80 GB SATA 3.0 Hard  
> Drive (New Product)
>
> I want to know if this hard drive will work in my Dual 867 G4,  
> without making any complicated additions or fixes.....i.e. can I  
> just install and Go?

No, your Mac has parallel ATA (IDE) interfaces. You would need an  
adaptor for the drive or a new drive controller - either of which  
would cost  a significant portion of what you're going to pay for the  
SATA drive. Check your local ads or some place like dealmac.com for  
PATA drives.


Phil