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Hello, I own a G3 iBook 800Mhz, 30Gb HD.
I also have a PC desktop that I use as my "main" computer. I'm getting really sick of using windowsXP for most of my stuff, I have one obstacle to using my mac as my main comp:
I'm afraid that if I start to use my laptop as my main, I will kill my HD really fast. I transfer a lot of big files on my home network. Is it just me or are laptop (ibook) HD not as durable as HDs for Desktops. I guess I am following a logic similar to the idea that you don't want to use the iPod HD as a main HD because you'd kill it.
Anyway, what do you all think? Any experiences?
Thanks
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2.5" hard drives are meant to take the same amount of abuse as 3.5" hard drives. Probably more, in fact, since they're designed to be portable and deal with more jostling than the average 3.5" drive. I really wouldn't worry about it.
The iPod is a totally different story. It's a smaller drive, put into a case with terrible heat dispersion, to perform a task that is, by design, low-impact.
My last machine was the same as yours, and I never had a problem with the hard drive (although I only had it for about a year). The machine prior to that was a rev. B PowerBook G4. I had it for more than two years(?) and worked the hard drive like a dog the whole time without a problem.
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Originally posted by radionails:
I'm afraid that if I start to use my laptop as my main, I will kill my HD really fast. I transfer a lot of big files on my home network. Is it just me or are laptop (ibook) HD not as durable as HDs for Desktops. I guess I am following a logic similar to the idea that you don't want to use the iPod HD as a main HD because you'd kill it.
I would not worry about it. Laptop HD's should be just as durable as desktop drives, if not more so. The lower RPM (4200 vs. desktop 5400 or 7200) should provide longer life for the mechanics of the drive. This is for normal use of the drive. The risk of killing your drive by dropping it is, of course, higher than on a desktop.
Heat might affect the life of your drive, if your running your iBook continuosly on surfaces that don't let the heat dissipate properly (bed, etc.).
My three year old iBook with a Toshiba 10Gb drive is still doing just fine.
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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The HD is reliable but G3 iBooks are known for logic board failures and being a notebook already risks your HD more then a desktop. If I were you I'd have some sort of backup HD, you never know what can happen.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by radionails:
Hello, I own a G3 iBook 800Mhz, 30Gb HD.
I also have a PC desktop that I use as my "main" computer. I'm getting really sick of using windowsXP for most of my stuff, I have one obstacle to using my mac as my main comp:
I'm afraid that if I start to use my laptop as my main, I will kill my HD really fast....
Anyway, what do you all think? Any experiences?
I have a Dual USB iBook (500 MHz), which is more then 3 years old.
Used it as my main computer all these years.
No problems so far !
-t
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