Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-13 Thread Alex Sciortino
Media server On Oct 11, 2011, at 8:54 PM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.net wrote: Alex, Really, what size hard drive to recommend depends upon what you'd like to do with the iMac. For what use is it destined??? Doug Portland, OR On Oct 10, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Alex Sciortino

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-13 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I would say go with external hard drives for they will hold more than the internal drive, are cheaper and also will be easier to move if you ever get a new computer. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/10/10 11:09, Alex Sciortino so eloquently wrote: I have an iMac g3 and it has a 40gb hdd should I upgrade? If so what size and how? That depends on what you intend to use your iMac for. If you want to store a few photos and a little bit of music, 40GB might be fine. But if you want

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread D. Fabel
Oooh, Tina reminds me... Again, depending upon which iMac, you may also have partition issues for the OS. The older tray loaders needed the OS within the first 8GB (maybe less) of the hard drive. Doug On Oct 12, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Tina K. wrote: Not knowing which iMac you have, and being

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Jack Suggs
If you need more storage space, buy an external drive. I own a graphite G3 iMac with a 40 gig drive that runs just fine, with OS 10.3.9 and 9.2.2. -- 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

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Robert MacLeay
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

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-11 Thread D. Fabel
Alex, Really, what size hard drive to recommend depends upon what you'd like to do with the iMac. For what use is it destined??? Doug Portland, OR On Oct 10, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote: I have an iMac g3 and it has a 40gb hdd should I upgrade? If so what size and how? --