[iDriveX]

I've been looking around for more internal storage space for my 12" Powerbook and I really don't want to "downgrade" to a 4200 RPM Hard Drive. Is there a 5400 RPM 80 GB Hard Drive that will fit in the 12" PowerBook? Anyone know of a good place to buy one?

[all2ofme]

The same one which fits into the 15" and 17" PBs should fit into it, though I don't know what sort of drive it is.

[tooki]

ALL modern notebook drives are 9.5mm high, which fits in all PowerBooks and iBooks.

Consider an IBM/Hitachi Travelstar drive: www.hgst.com (note: site fails in Safari)

tooki

[amazing]

Here's speed tests of various HDs, and you should also check xlr8yourmac.com for info.

http://www.barefeats.com/hard34.html

I'm assuming that you're aware that the HD is no longer a user installable item in any of the aluminum pbs. You risk voiding your warranty if you install it yourself, so you should have an ASP do it. Given the uncertain track record of any of the new pbs, to risk voiding your applecare is a bad idea unless you're independently wealthy.

Also, I'm hoping others will chime in on how this affects the heat of the 12" (which one do you have?)

Personally, given how fast firewire drives are, that may be the way to go.

[iDriveX]

Originally posted by amazing:
Here's speed tests of various HDs, and you should also check xlr8yourmac.com for info.

http://www.barefeats.com/hard34.html

I'm assuming that you're aware that the HD is no longer a user installable item in any of the aluminum pbs. You risk voiding your warranty if you install it yourself, so you should have an ASP do it. Given the uncertain track record of any of the new pbs, to risk voiding your applecare is a bad idea unless you're independently wealthy.

Also, I'm hoping others will chime in on how this affects the heat of the 12" (which one do you have?)

Personally, given how fast firewire drives are, that may be the way to go.

Well my warranty is already up on my Rev. A PowerBook so I don't have to worry about voiding it. And I already have an external hard drive, but I use it for backup only. Having an external hard drive means my PowerBook is no longer portable. I take it downstairs to do stuff with it and I don't like carrying around a small FireWire Cable and FireWire drive. I like simplicity and I've done upgrades before on Titanium PowerBooks, so we'll see how this one goes!

[iDriveX]

CNET Shopper is great. They allow you to filter it down so easily. I found the 80 GB 5400 RPM Laptop Hard drive for $262 on CNET Shopper. A great price that will double the storage space on my 12" PowerBook (right now I have about 700 MB space left and it doesn't feel good.) I don't feel like archiving my entire music library to an external hard drive so this is the best solution, thanks for the Bare Feats link, that's where I found the CNET Shopper link!

[echosphere]

I bought the 7200 drive from them. Others recommend TransIntl also. The drive you want is only $259. I've had great service from. Mind you it was only once and I personally don't a faster speeds thing up, I would buy more RAM.

Also, buy the Firewire external case for $89. That way you can put your old one there and use for backup. That's the best part of the deal.

[iDriveX]

Even better, $259.00! Thanks, I'll probably purchase it tomorrow, anyone know where I can get it for less than $259?

[iREZ]

Would adding a faster hard drive cool the computer down a bit or would it do the opposite and get hotter then it already does? I like amazing would like to hear about this.

[velodev]

It would get hotter.

You'll feel the heat below your left wrist.