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Comparing iBooks
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Hello,
I have two iBooks and I'm selling one. The difference between the two is that one has 384MB RAM, 15 GB HD and CD ROM only. The other has 128MB RAM, 10GB HD and CD - RW/ DVD ROM. Which rates higher, more RAM and HD storage or CD rw and DVD ROM capability?
Yes...I am a novice!
Melmac 
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Join Date: May 2005
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Depends on preference. I would rather have the one with the combo drive since I've got a spare 30GB hdd and ram is pretty cheap. Are they clamshells? Remember that processor speed is another factor.
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iMac 17" 2GHz Core2Duo | 1GB RAM | 160GB hdd | Superdrive | Tiger and XP Pro
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Hi Josh,
No they're not clamm shells. As for processor speed they are both 500mhz. I was thinking that maybe combining the best of each machine into one unit such as maybe swapping the combo drive over to the iBook with the 15GB HD or the RAM and 15GB HD over to the unit with the Combo Drive, which ever is easiest. I'd have to do the swap/upgrade myself as I want to keep cost to a minimum.
If I did decide to swap the combo drive over, after installing the drive is it just a matter of turning on the iBook and using as normal or are there other considerations?
Andrew
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Thats biting off more than you can chew.
Trust me, I have taken apart my fair share of ibooks and it is not fun, or easy, and usually it ends up being a disappointing project to have started. Aside from the millions of different sized phillips head screws, apple decided to use these cheap, crappy hex screws that almost ALWAYS strip.
Not to mention all the plastic clips.
Just Ebay them.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Yeah, eBay them. I would bet the one with the combo/dvd drive would sell for the higher price.
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I'm with everyone who says eBay them. If you wanted, you could put the ram into the one with a combo drive since that would be as easy as popping off the keyboard. It might not make it sell for much higher but it might make someone want it a little more and therefore bid on it.
Since you're a novice, you probably shouldn't tear one apart to swap hard drives. Plus, no offense, but there's not enough difference in the two hard drives to warrant taking both iBooks apart for a swap.
Good luck with it.
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