Thank you all. Re the speed of drive, I have read in Macworld's article about upgrading these g3's that: "1. A 5,400-rpm ATA or Ultra ATA hard drive (faster drives may be too hot for iMacs)."
I am sitting on the fence about upgrading from current 10.3 to 10.4. Probably I will do it... The SpeedTools product sounds great, and their website actually says 10.3 will work with it. R On Dec 16, 11:05 am, "J. R. Rosen" <jrose...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > That Maxtor will work, but why not go for a 7200rpm and up to a 120gb > hdd? OWC has a 160gb hdd @ 7200rpm for $83.00. > > Here's the link.http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm? > Ntk=Primary&Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&Ne=5000&N=6900&Ntt=3.5+Internal+IDE% > 2fATA > > If you iMac has a 5400 in it now, a 7200 will seem like such a speed > demon, not to mention todays technology and data caches will make > even a 5400 seem faster than the old technology that what's in there > now. > > If you are going to go to the trouble of the major surgery your > talking about, go as big and fast as you can. You may even want to > replace your DVD burner with a DVDRW... you can get those for just a > few dollars--then you could not only watch DVD's, but record them too. > > GOOD LUCK & MERRY CHRISTMAS! > > On Dec 16, 2011, at 9:34 AM, r_poetic wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > while some earlier posts have touched on upgrading g3 iMac's, I just > > wanted to pose my specific question. I want to replace the 10 G hard > > drive on this 400MH slot load with something bigger and faster. I > > believe there is no point in going above 128 G, and no faster than > > 5200rpm. There aren't a lot of drives for sale now that fit that. If > > it's ok to mention names, I wondered if this item, Maxtor 80 GB 5400 > > rpm IDE ATA/133 2MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, would likely work > > for me? or other advice? > > > -- > > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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 athttp://groups.google.com/ > > group/imaclist > > J. R. Rosen > jrose...@sbcglobal.net > 281-467-5366 > 281-586-9876 fax > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > Trust in the Lord with all your heart; > do not depend on your own understanding. > Seek His Will in all you do, > and He will show you which path to take. > Proverbs 3:5-6 > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + -- 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
