[G4] Question about Firewire enclosure / hard drive

[Thomas Brooks]

Michelle:

If you buy the firewire enclosure you will still have to install a hard  
drive into it. This is about the same amount of work as putting an  
additional hard drive in your Sawtooth. My original drive was 10GB. In  
the past I have bought Seagate 80GB, 160GB drives and this week a 250GB  
(see  
<http://shop2.outpost.com/%7B-JctAY2hW7oEcLf2YwL0uA**.node1%7D/product/ 
4596257>). I paid $50 for each one new. I have the 80 GB and the160GB  
(running at 128GB) in my G4. I plan on putting the 250GB in my Firewire  
Case for removable backup.

I would agree the overall best solution would be a faster SATA Drive  
and new PCI SATA upgrade card (I am not sure on the size limits). Total  
cost probably around $110. Cheapest solution a 120GB Drive added to  
your existing empty ATA bay. Total cost around $60.

I am not a technician but since 1999 have added PCI USB 2.0 cards, hard  
drives, extra memory and 1.2 GHz processor and graphics card upgrades  
to my G4 AGP with no problems that I was not able to work through. It  
just keeps on truckin'.

Step-by-steps are on internet.

Tom

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On May 29, 2007, at 11:24 PM, Michelle wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please forgive the newbie question, but my G4 "Sawtooth" needs more  
> hard drive space and my current arrangement is just entirely too slow  
> (using a LaCie "Brick" USB external drive.) The "Brick" is fine for  
> backing up files, photos, etc - but is way too slow to use for much of  
> anything else.
>
> I am just now learning what exactly a "Firewire Enclosure" even IS...  
> and what it would/could do in my situation. It sounds like a  
> reasonable route to go, for additional hard drive space at a faster  
> speed than the LaCie external drive.
>
> My question to you all is - if I buy the enclosure "thing"... (I found  
> some on some respected Mac websites, am thinking about one made by  
> "MacAlly") - where do I then purchase the actual hard drive to go  
> inside the thing? How much would I expect to pay for the actual drive?  
> The website says that the MacAlly enclosure "Supports any capacity  
> 3.5" ATA (IDE) Hard Drive"... but I have no idea where to go buy such  
> a thing.
>
> Any suggestions would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> Michelle
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