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Ibook questions hd
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Join Date: May 2005
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Hey guys I have been trying to sell my ibook, but nobody wanted to buy it. It was a real bargain at 825 stock bought in may with applecare. Easily that is a a whopping 450 savings after tax . But whatever guys, I have decided to keep it unless u want to trade it for a pb 12 inchy and I will supply some cash. Any who I want to upgrade the hd, does anybody know if it is worth it. I have my pc and it is pimped out and I can do the real heavy stuff on it like video editing. I want a 60 gig hd at either 5400 or 7200. Which is better and if it worth it? Who can I go to to install it that would be cheap because if I do it, it could void the warranty. Haha thanks;
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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A faster hard drive really speeds up any computer. I recommend the 7200 RPM drive. A certified tech can install it without voiding the warranty (who cares about warranties anyways? :-P). Look in your Yellow Pages under computers for one.
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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]"Microsoft Products are Generally Bug Free"
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Installing it yourself is a bitch. If you do it a second time, you can do it rather quickly (as in 30-45 minutes), but it took me 3 hours the first time. (Because some screws are just, ahem, crazy.) On an old Vaio it would take about 5-10 minutes.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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It's actually not that bad, just (as has been pointed out) tedious the first time you do it. Apple couldn't possibly have made it harder to replace the hard drive in an iBook. There's just no way it could be any more difficult than it already is. They could take a cue from Toshiba or Dell, where replacing or upgrading a hard disk is a three-minute, one-screw job.
I just took the Hitachi TravelStar 40Gb out of my iBook G4 933 and replaced it with a Seagate 5400rpm 100Gb ($149 after rebate at BestBuy) and the new one is faster and quieter than the original. However, you may find that you need to reset NVRAM or the PMU to get the "old" drive characteristics forgotten and the "new" one learned if you want the system to boot cleanly from the new drive.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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How much time off the battery do you get when you upgrade the HD? There (should) be a hit... shouldn't there.
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