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<div>Thank you all for the helpful replies and information. I've done
some web searching today and just have a couple other (really
"newbie!") questions. Thank you for your patience... this is
new to me. I bought my Sawtooth over eBay about 5 years ago and have
upgraded the RAM, added 2 more USB slots, and upgraded the processor
over time... but have never messed with the hard drive. (And I do love
the computer.... I need it to work for awhile longer!)</div>
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<div>Am I understanding you correctly that I could feasibly purchase
something like the:</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">** 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 7200rpm
8.5ms 8MB Cache Ultra ATA/10 ** </font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">from a website like OWC for around
$75.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">With this "drive", I could
either:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">A) install it INTO my Sawtooth in the
"second" drive available spot? (I didn't know there was such
a spot/slot...)</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">B) replace the current (27GB?) hard drive
with this new, bigger drive of 120 GB</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">C) put this new drive into a firewire
enclosure (for about $50 more?), and use it as an "external"
storage/drive</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">IF I chose to do Option C, why would that
(or<b> would</b> that) be faster than just buying an external firewire
hard drive in the first place?</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">I am not a technician in ANY way, but I did
manage to follow the specific directions thus far to upgrade this
computer. I primarily need the upgrades now to handle my work with
Photoshop. Buying a new Mac is just not in the budget at this
time.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Thank you-<br>
Michelle</font></div>
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