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The Wolf · May 28, 2006, 10:16 AM

I'm so confused between the two...Can I put my old Ti IBM Travelstar ATA/IDE harddrive into my new MacBook or not???

harrisjamieh · May 28, 2006, 10:17 AM

No you can't, they are totally different connetions

The Wolf · May 28, 2006, 01:01 PM

hrmm, thanks. Not to hijack my own thread, but will the RAM from either my Ti or AlBook fit in the new MacBook?

cms · May 28, 2006, 01:03 PM

No luck with that either. Buy RAM from Crucial. Good value, good service and excellent quality.

uicandrew · May 28, 2006, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by cms

No luck with that either. Buy RAM from Crucial. Good value, good service and excellent quality.

not necessarily.

it depends on what al powerbook you have. i currently have a 1gb stick of ddr2 memory (made for the 17" 1.67ghz powerbook (hi-res)) inside my intel imac, along with the 1gb stick that it came pre-installed in. and it works perfectly, and i only paid $60 after rebate from newegg.com

compare that to $100+ for the 1gb stick of ram made for the intel macs

you have to make sure the ram is ddr2. if it isn't, it won't work. for example, i have a 15" powerbook (1.25ghz), and the ram is ddr, NOT ddr2. so the ram is not "swappable"

go to crucial.com and put in the model of powerbook you have. you'll be able to see if you have ddr or ddr2. good luck

The Wolf · May 28, 2006, 02:40 PM

"No luck with that either" appears to be correct. And WOW that crucial ram is alot. LIke twice the cost of patriot or transcend. Any difference between those two?