[iBook] 7200rpm drive for ibook G4

[Angus Wallace]

G'day,

Have you considered an external hard disk? It's a lot cheaper, performance is
better, and you won't have to modify your ibook.

I have this setup for recording on my 12" G4 800, and it works well. Get a
casing without a fan, and you should be fine. I built a 160GB external HD
(USB2/FW) for about AU$250 (~US$170), which is quite decent...

Caveat: if you use an external sound card, make sure the HD isn't on the same
bus - my soundcard is USB, so I use the HD on firewire.

HTH,
-Angus

Quoting Steve H Jones <shjones at hywyn.plus.com>:

> > When I replaced the drive in my iBook I looked at
> > 7200RPM drives and found that they would make the
> > laptop to hot. I ended up just getting a 5400RPM
> > instead. This is just my personal opinion, but unless
> > you absolutely need the speed increase i'd stay with
> > the 5400RPM drive.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> 
> When did you look at doing this Matt,? The reason I ask is that the 
> latest generation drives are said to be significantly cooler. I really 
> do need the speed increase! Some apps just don't work, however I need 
> it to remain quiet while I record, so a hot drive triggering the fan 
> isn't good either!
> 
> Steve