[MacDV] Re: imovie storage

[Trueman H. Hight]

>Also be aware that the Apple disk controller is a factor in how 
>large a disk drive you can use.  For example, the ASIC used in the 
>iMac disk controller limits ATAPI storage to a 128GB drive.   This 
>was a factor when I upgraded my iMac a year ago.   There were a few 
>200 GB drives on the market then, which I would have liked, but I 
>was limited to (what now seems a mind-bogglingly miserly) 128GB.

Peter,
You are right.  I just had to replace my original HD on  my G4 Dual 
and I replaced it with a 160gb Maxtor internal only to find that I 
could only use
128gb of the HD. I wasted several $ on this one.

Trueman