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Has anyone put a 7200 RPM drive in a iBook?
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I have a g3 500 / 384 mb / 10gb / combo / airport / 12" iBook. Has anyone put one of the Seagate 7200 RPM drives in one of these little Guys? If so, anything worthy to note? Also, can anyone provide a link on to how to do this. Thanks! 
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I personally have never upgraded an iBook HDD, but I've been told that the operation's a b**** to perform. However, if you are feeling adventurous, I've provided an excellent link for you. Just be warned that it will be challenging. You should definitely notice a speed increase, however.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/50.13.0.html
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I've replaced mine recently. While it wasn't difficult, I wouldn't want to have to open the thing up again. If you've never opened up a laptop before or if you're not very technically inclined I wouldn't do it. There's a lot of stuff in there that you can damage while trying to clear the way to the hard drive. But if you're confident, careful, and patient you shouldn't have a problem.
I got my guide from www.pbfixit.com.
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iMac 17" 2GHz Core2Duo | 1GB RAM | 160GB hdd | Superdrive | Tiger and XP Pro
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This topic has been covered many times. Try doing a search.
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wataru: thanks for the info... I did the swap this weekend, took me from start to finish 45 minutes.
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Macbook Pro 17" / 2.5GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo / 4GB Ram / 350GB
Macbook Pro 17" / 2.16GHZ Intel Core Duo / 2GB Ram / 120GB
Macbook Black / 2.4GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo / 4GB Ram / 350GB
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