[slugslugslug]

I'm thinking of upping the HD in my 1Ghz TiBook to squeeze a bit more performance out of it. Just wondering if anyone here has experience with this operation. Is there anything particularly tricky about the bottom case removal/replacement? If I have some, but not lots of experience upgrading computer bits, is it simple enough to do myself without Breaking Stuff?

thanks.

[dialo]

It's pretty simple, you just have to be careful and patient. Note, however, that I have the same powerbook and the 5400 hitachi I put in it was louder and made the fan run sooner. I eventually put in the old drive and realized that the performance wasn't really all that great. The biggest difference I noticed was that contextual menus popped up more quickly, but since I've gone back to the original drive I haven't really noticed it slow down.

BTW, maybe you can answer a question for me: how soon do your fans come on? Does the fan on the right for the power supply come on relatively quickly? How about the one on the back?

[flipz3]

I replaced the harddrive in my Tibook (from 60 to 100 gb) about 3 months ago and it was very easy. You need a special screwdriver (it says which one in the users guide) which is easy to pick up at hardware stores and inexpensive. I had the whole thing done in about 10 minutes following the directions Apple gives. Just make sure to save the small black screws on the side of the old drive. You'll most likely need to screw them onto the new drive (I had to on my seagate drive). These are different than the screws that secure the drive to the computer and quite small.

Good luck (but you shouldn't really need it)

[TailsToo]

I put in an 80GB 5400 RPM in mine... it was easy!

[amazing]

Putting a new HD into the Ti is easy, you can find great resources and instructions at xlr8yourmac.com as well as at Apple. It's a great way to extend the usefulness of a Ti. The next best thing to do with a Ti is a wireless pc-card, whereupon your wireless range will truly astound you.

The fact that Apple made the HD non-user-upgradeable in the new AlPB is a major design-flaw...