4200RPM drive+FW800 enclosure?
I'm preparing for my Lapzilla's arrival by ordering the necessary upgrades, and I have a dilemma.
I'm replacing the stock 60GB 4200RPM hard drive with a 60GB 7200RPM, and now that I'll have an extra drive around I might as well throw it into an external enclosure. Right?
So, will a 4200 drive benefit any from being in a FW800 case? Or would that be overkill for a drive of that speed?
TIA
I'm replacing the stock 60GB 4200RPM hard drive with a 60GB 7200RPM, and now that I'll have an extra drive around I might as well throw it into an external enclosure. Right?
So, will a 4200 drive benefit any from being in a FW800 case? Or would that be overkill for a drive of that speed?
TIA
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Originally posted by 709
FW400 it is then. Thanks.
If you're upgrading an Al PB, be careful; it's more involved than the TiBooks.
Originally posted by cj3209
If you're upgrading an Al PB, be careful; it's more involved than the TiBooks.
\ Well, poo. I upgraded my Pismo and it went fairly smooth...so I figured this would be as well. Maybe I'll just have someone 'authorized' do it then. Thanks for the forewarning.
Originally posted by 709
\ Well, poo. I upgraded my Pismo and it went fairly smooth...so I figured this would be as well. Maybe I'll just have someone 'authorized' do it then. Thanks for the forewarning.
It's not TOO bad; my problem was that there were so many darn screws to un-screw and the screws are really small and they tend to strip unless you have a really sharp and small phillips screwdriver. Plus there are no instructions on which screws to unscrew b/c Apple doesn't want you opening the Al PB up.
I used to take apart my DELL notebooks all the time; I have to say one good about DELL is that their notebooks are easy to open up and upgrade: HDs, RAM, internal mini pci cards, drives, graphic card, LCD, you name it, etc.