[Ti] TI upgrade ?

[jonarmpit at mac.com]

If you're happy with 60 GB there are 7200 rpm drives (for around  
$200) that will improve the performance even more. It made quite a  
difference on a Rev. A Ti that I upgraded (the faster drive had  
liquid bearings which cut down on the noise the original drive was  
starting to make.) I currently have a 100 GB 5400 in my pb and am  
waiting for the 100 GB 7200 drives to become more available and  
cheaper (Dell is the only one I know that has them and they are $379).

jon

On Jul 11, 2005, at 7:24 AM, Bradley Ellis wrote:


> Hello all,
>
> I just got back my ~ 3 year old 667 (DVI) PowerBook (pb) from the  
> shop (weeks before my AppleCare expired).  This book got a new LCD  
> screen a couple years ago (again, under AppleCare).  I bumped up  
> the hard drive to a 60 gig 5400 rmp (from the original 30 gig 4200  
> rpm) about 6 months ago.  About a year ago, I bumped to RAM to the  
> full 1 gig.  This pb has an inboard AirPort card.
>
> This latest AppleCare trip resulted in a new logic board and heat  
> sink wire assembly.
>
> I love this pb, it has served me well.  Is there any logic to  
> bumping up the logic board to a 1.0 Mhz board?  I've never play  
> with a faster processor next to my current 667, so I do not know  
> what I am missing.
>
> Are there any other upgrades I should consider?  My Combo Drive is  
> still original (and works fine).  I've thought of bumping that up  
> to a after-market SuperDrive, but wonder if a 667 is too slow to  
> mess with burning dvds (which I would rarely - if ever - do  
> anyway.  My backup system is via a firewire outboard hard drive.)   
> Is this machine about as tricked out as it should ever get?  I have  
> no problem de-soldering and soldering components if such upgrades  
> exist (e.g. maybe just faster processor?).
>
> Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Brad