If this is your every day Mac, you should definitely upgrade, but installing a new hard drive may not the most cost-effective choice.
Hard drives wear out. Most come with only 3-year warranties, and while some last for much longer, I would guess that more than half of the drives manufactured 10 years ago are dead by now. In short, regardless of whether you need more storage space, your hard drive is living on borrowed time. Replace it before you lose everything. (Of course, if you back up to another drive regularly...) You are probably subject to the 128GB limit, so while you CAN install a larger drive, you will only be able to use the first 120 Gb of it. Remember when you go shopping that you need the older PATA/IDE/ATA interface instead of the newer and now more common SATA. Best to check a site like OWC [http://eshop.macsales.com/] who will suggest exact replacements that they guarantee will work for you. Unfortunately, even the cheapest available new drives will probably cost more than a G3 iMac is worth. The best strategy may be to BUY AN EXTERNAL BACKUP DRIVE AND USE IT. Then continue using your iMac until it dies a natural death, give it to the recyclers, buy the cheapest working G3/G4 you can find locally, and restore your backup to it. p.s. You are limited to 128 GB only for an internal drive. You can use any size external drive. On Oct 10, 11:09 am, Alex Sciortino <zeosr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an iMac g3 and it has a 40gb hdd should I upgrade? If so what size and > how? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
