Thanks for this info. Very helpful. I'm not too concerned either way, because if something were to go seriously wrong with my iBook and Apple wouldn't cover it under the warranty, it would just give me an excuse to get that 12" PowerBook I'd rather have anyway! I've never had a warranty save me any money in the long run.
I understand the procedure is tough and that there are plenty of places to "get into trouble" but I am pretty good at disassembling and reassembling things -- he'll I've only been doing it since the day I could pick up a screwdriver! I've printed out various sets of instructions people have assembled, and I have plenty of two-sided tape and protective surfaces in my shop out of town. I anticipate purchasing the drive on or around April 15, and doing the install over a weekend down in the countryside (Manhattan apartments are way too cramped for these things). Wish me luck! Here's another question for anyone who might have done this (or a similar) upgrade: OWC currently has both Toshiba and IBM 9.5mm 2.5" drives, with 16 and 8 MB buffers, respectively. They look identical feature-wise. Any advice on which one to get? I have no experience with either brand. --Chris iBook 700 OS X.2.4 PM 7500/200 OS 8.6 PM 4400/200 OS 8.6, NetBSD On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 11:58 PM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 10:43 PM, Hal wrote: > >> Keep in mind that the advice (that I gave in particular) was related >> to >> Powerbook (Pismo and TiBook) models. I know for a fact that the hard >> drive is NOT user-upgradeable in any iBook models. I'm only mentioning >> this because I saw in yout sig that you have an iBook 700. That's a >> lot >> tougher to upgrade and will void your warranty. > > as a former AppleCare agent, I can safely tell you that it does NOT > void the warranty per se - so long as you don't damage anything in the > process. (despite the title...) the article i posted states: > + While Apple strongly recommends that you retain the services of an > Apple Authorized Service > + Provider to perform any product upgrades or expansions, you will not > void your Apple warranty > + if you choose to upgrade or expand your computer yourself. However, > if in the course of adding > + an upgrade or expansion product to your computer, you damage your > Apple computer (either > + through the installation of, or incompatibility of the upgrade or > expansion product), Apple's > + warranty will not cover the cost of repair, or future related > repairs. > > when Apple states in some versions of the Warranty Agreement that > "unauthorized changes to hardware" will void the warranty... they > aren't talking about replacing hard drives, even in machines like the > iBook. They're talking about modifying the existing parts - say, > soldering the logic board to overclock your processor. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
