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Need HardDrive For Beige G3
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bluelou
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Mar 25, 2001, 04:05 PM
 
Can somebody help me in selecting a new hard drive for my Beige G3 266 upgraded to G4/400...384Ram...with original 4GB harddrive. Thanks
     
ddiokno
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Mar 25, 2001, 06:43 PM
 
Hi Blue,
There are a good number of inexpensive drives out there. Are you looking for a fast drive, or general purpose? If you are looking for a good general purpose drive, i have a couple of Maxtors that I have installed in some machines and they have been good general replacement drives... even use them for some iMovies. I believe you can get a 30 GB Maxtor for around $100...
good luck and I'm sure others will chime in with their experiences...
dave
     
davidflas
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Mar 26, 2001, 11:26 AM
 
I recently installed a Maxtor 30GB 7200RPM drive in my Dad's Beige G3/266. The difference in speed was very noticeable. The drive was much quieter too. Cost about $149USD at CircuitCity, but I'm sure other places have better pricing. If you want an even better speed boost install the Sonnet Ultra ATA66 controller. Its about $99USD.

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