[Ti] Suggestions for Replacement Hard Drive?

[John Griffin]

By the Way...

I see that the new MobileStor 2.5” 160g 5400 rpm drives are now out.  
But at $399 US, it may be better to wait awhile for prices to come down.

http://www.mcetech.com/ms.html

jg


On 18-Jan-06, at 10:48 AM, John Griffin wrote:

> ATA means ’Advanced Technology Attachement' and is the serial  
> interface for internal hard drives used by Apple since they  
> abandoned SCSI many years ago.
>
> I would suggest you navigate to Other World computing Laptop  
> internal Hard Drive replacement list:
>
> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
>
> You will notice they are listed as IDE (Integrated Drive  
> Electronics). Don’t worry, this is the same as ATA. Pick out the  
> one that seems right to you. They are a very reliable source for  
> all things Macintosh. As you can see it is a very exhaustive list  
> of drives made by all the major manufacturers. They also list the  
> size of the drives and you should make sure the drive you get fits  
> into the space that your old drive occupied.
>
> Good Luck
>
> jg
>
> On 17-Jan-06, at 10:56 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:
>
>> We need a new hard drive for my wife's old 800 MHz Titanium  
>> powerbook.  The
>> hard drive is described in System Profiler as:
>>
>> ATA-4 Bus
>> IBM IC25N040ATCS04-0
>>
>> It's 40 GB, but I don't know what "ATA" stands for, etc.  Can  
>> someone please
>> translate the above into some keywords that I could use for  
>> searching eBay
>> etc.?