Comments on: Broken laptop http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/ Rumblings, Ramblings, and Ruminations Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dave http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/#comment-926 Dave Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:43:25 +0000 http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/#comment-926 Fixed the formatting. Have made a general search on iBook G4 hard drive replacement and the best info that I could find is that I posted links to on here (for my usage as much as anyone). I did find some things on LowEndMac but nothing that wasn't already covered elsewhere. I think that they had an article on replacing the drive in a 12 inch but elesewhere someone else says that the 12 and 14 inchers are NOT the same critters at ALL when it comes to getting into them. I can do the deed and even have the tools to do it with but am going to wait till I get another drive to start the takeapart and will still take numerous pix just in case (while in case as it were)... The drive I was looking at was a Western Digital 80 gb that has 8 mb of cache that was out of stock. they have another model that is 80 gb and 2 mb of cache that is only 120 with shipping where the 60 gb (same series and manufacture) at Circuit City is 150+ tax so will be ordering it soon. Am switching most stuff to this Linix box and cleaning up and clearing out a lot of crap on the backup drive before making the move. plan to start with a fresh copy of OS X as the copy that was on there was a clone from my first iBook. nothing like the joy of computers... Fixed the formatting.

Have made a general search on iBook G4 hard drive replacement and the best info that I could find is that I posted links to on here (for my usage as much as anyone). I did find some things on LowEndMac but nothing that wasn’t already covered elsewhere. I think that they had an article on replacing the drive in a 12 inch but elesewhere someone else says that the 12 and 14 inchers are NOT the same critters at ALL when it comes to getting into them.

I can do the deed and even have the tools to do it with but am going to wait till I get another drive to start the takeapart and will still take numerous pix just in case (while in case as it were)…

The drive I was looking at was a Western Digital 80 gb that has 8 mb of cache that was out of stock. they have another model that is 80 gb and 2 mb of cache that is only 120 with shipping where the 60 gb (same series and manufacture) at Circuit City is 150+ tax so will be ordering it soon.

Am switching most stuff to this Linix box and cleaning up and clearing out a lot of crap on the backup drive before making the move. plan to start with a fresh copy of OS X as the copy that was on there was a clone from my first iBook.

nothing like the joy of computers…

]]> By: Steve http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/#comment-925 Steve Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:40:27 +0000 http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/#comment-925 Damn formatting. And I didn't preview. Just too early. Oh, well. Damn formatting. And I didn’t preview. Just too early. Oh, well.

]]> By: Steve http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/#comment-924 Steve Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:39:45 +0000 http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2006/01/19/broken-laptop/#comment-924 Have you looked at the older articles at LowEndMac? They seem to have something about laptop hard drives every other day, with links to several places both as to prices and reviews/user opinions. They have someone on there (whose name escapes me at the moment, it is only 5:30 in the morning and the coffee isn't done yet) who writes extensively about Mac laptops who speaks of upgrading HDs all the time, looking at their archives might be worthwhile, they speak about long-term reliabilty in there too. I haven't been reading LEM as much as I used to (my prospects for Mac purchase have not been good lately) but I still peruse it occasionally -- I like their style, for the most part, and I definitely like Macs. Saw an Intel Mac commercial last night on TV, it was pretty cute -- the theme was how after all these years, Intel chips FINALLY get to work in decent machines. Have you looked at the older articles at LowEndMac? They seem to have something about laptop hard drives every other day, with links to several places both as to prices and reviews/user opinions. They have someone on there (whose name escapes me at the moment, it is only 5:30 in the morning and the coffee isn’t done yet) who writes extensively about Mac laptops who speaks of upgrading HDs all the time, looking at their archives might be worthwhile, they speak about long-term reliabilty in there too. I haven’t been reading LEM as much as I used to (my prospects for Mac purchase have not been good lately) but I still peruse it occasionally — I like their style, for the most part, and I definitely like Macs. Saw an Intel Mac commercial last night on TV, it was pretty cute — the theme was how after all these years, Intel chips FINALLY get to work in decent machines.

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