[iBook] replacement harddrive suggestions

Max Miles earthvital at gmail.com
Sun Oct 10 17:50:44 PDT 2004


By the way, what is the speed differences of the laptop internal
drives and external FW 400's? How exactly does the 400mbps related to
internal 4200rps drives?

~m


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:24:44 +0800, Jean-Paul Thuot <jeanpaul at zhenwu.org> wrote:
> I have the same ibook as you, and when I went into an Apple dealer they
> suggested an external firewire case with as fast an HD as you can
> afford.  He said I could replace the internal HD, and go from 4200 (I
> think) rpm to 5400, but with an external firewire setup I could use the
> faster drives.
> 
> I haven't had the money to do it yet, but if you do go this way I'd
> like to hear how it turns out.
> 
> Jean-Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/10/2004, at 7:28, jack law wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > What do you folks suggest aout harddrive replacement
> > for a IBook G3 600?  Right now I have the standard 20
> > gig model.  I would like to purchase a larger drive.
> > Any suggestions about what make and where to purchase.
> >  What speed?  Will I notice a speed boost with a
> > faster drive?  What size offers the best price bargain
> > at this time?  Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > Jack law
> >
> >
> >
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