PowerBook Hard Drive Choices

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objra10objra10
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
So, I have a 1.67GhZ 15" and I want to upgrade my 80GB Hard Drive to a 100GB. I'm looking at this one, but am wondering about...



1. will the new SMS work on a new drive, or is it drive specific?

2. I'm assuming there are no 7200RPM notebook drives that I can get?

3. Is seagate a good buy?

4. any other thoughts I should be considering?

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Newegg has your drive for $30 less.



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    1. will the new SMS work on a new drive, or is it drive specific?



    I have no idea.



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    2. I'm assuming there are no 7200RPM notebook drives that I can get?



    There are no 100GB 7200RPM notebook drives, as far as I know, but there are 7200RPM notebook drives.



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    3. Is seagate a good buy?



    I love Seagate. My favorite HD manufacturer.



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    4. any other thoughts I should be considering?



    External firewire drive, perhaps?
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  • Reply 2 of 9
    objra10objra10 Posts: 679member
    re: firewire



    I have two of those! both LaCie, one 160GB, and one 200GB. I want my on-board drive to be bigger... too much music, photos, etc that I can't really move to an external drive...



    I'm assuming the upgrade isn't really that hard?
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  • Reply 3 of 9
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    No. Well, not on the older TiBooks.
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  • Reply 4 of 9
    objra10objra10 Posts: 679member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    No. Well, not on the older TiBooks.



    it's a brand new alubook 1.67Ghz
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  • Reply 5 of 9
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I can't imagine that they would make it more difficult. If you have a torx wrench you can do it in a few minutes without breaking a sweat.
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  • Reply 6 of 9
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    I can't imagine that they would make it more difficult. If you have a torx wrench you can do it in a few minutes without breaking a sweat.



    won't upgrading the drive yourself violate the warranty?
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  • Reply 7 of 9
    objra10objra10 Posts: 679member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by sunilraman

    won't upgrading the drive yourself violate the warranty?



    uh, as long as it doesn't void applecare, I don't really care about the warranty.
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  • Reply 8 of 9
    objra10objra10 Posts: 679member
    okay, so I pulled the trigger... anyone have any info as to the steps to upgrade a AlBook? Also, any suggestions as to how I get the stuff from my powerbook to my new drive?





    thanks!
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