[Ti] TI upgrade ?

[Bradley Ellis]

Hey jon,

Yes sir, I too noticed a performance bump going from my 4200 rpm  
drive to the 5400.  The primary reason for my bump was the need for  
more storage (not necessarily performance).  At the time, the price  
jump above a 5400 rpm drive was SIGNIFICANT - so I stuck with the  
5400 rpm model.

Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge.

Sincerely,
Brad

On Jul 11, 2005, at 1:56 PM, jonarmpit at mac.com wrote:

> 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
>>
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