[P1] iBook hardrives

[max miles]

Thanks for the info. Over at macrumor's shopping page I got totally 
confused. And none of the specs out there mentioned size.

m


On Jun 27, 2004, at 7:24 PM, Joe Roberts wrote:

> They are 2.5" ATA drives.  You can find them on eBay or places like 
> www.macsales.com.
>
> Which brings up another interesting question:
>
> Back in the pre-OS X days, you could only format a hard drive with 
> Apple's Drive Setup if the drive had Apple ROMs.  You had to use a 
> third-party application to format one not made by Apple.  Is the same 
> true under OS X with Disk Utility, or will it format any standard ATA 
> drive?
>
> --Joe!
>
> On Jun 27, 2004, at 9:09 PM, max miles wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm wondering about getting a larger HD for my iBook (dual USB). Can 
>> anyone tell me exactly what size the hard drives are? Who sells them? 
>> I know they are ATA 100's, but that's pretty much it.
>>
>
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