Hard Drive on iBook

[topspin98]

Can you get a hard drive bigger than the ones they offer when you purchase and iBook? So like I have 80GB right no, but can i upgrade to maybe a 180GB or any higher one? Im concerned about if it would fit in my iBook G4, 12" Display.

Jake


12" iBook G4, 512 RAM, 80GB Hard Drive. iPod Mini

 

[edesignuk]

I think the largest laptop drive (2.5") on the market is 100GB, possibly 120GB. Any 2.5" drive should fit in your iBook.

 

[CanadaRAM]

The real question Jake is what you plan to do with the iBook -- do you need large storage on the road?

iBooks are a pain to open and replace drives in; and you will get only an incremental improvement in size with the largest 2.5's available.

Consider adding an external Firewire drive. You will get:
redundancy - you can make backups and have an OS on it ready to boot in case of trouble

larger size /lower cost - external drives are much lower $/Gb than laptop drives

preservation of investment - you still keep the 80 GB you have now

data portability - want to finish editing your movie on a G5 dual processor? not problem, just take the Firewire drive with you

In everyday use, you can move you older projects/files/applications that aren't used constantly to the external drive, and keep your current projects on the internal drive.

Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com

 

[Artful Dodger]

Hi, just check the adds as well, you can get a Hitachi internal drive for $40 from Best Buy and then get an enclosure for another $40 I may just do that myself today, good luck.