On Dec 7, 2008, at 1:37 AM, analogueteacher wrote:
>> What's the biggest IDE/ATA drive I can put in my PowerBook G4. I >> don't >> think it suffers from the LBA48 problem, so I could go over the 120GB >> limit. >> >> Is the biggest drive 750GB? >> >> Also I remember someone directing me to a site that will convert your >> optical drive space into a second hard drive bay. >> >> I was wondering how many GB or TB I could cram into this machine. Sizes of available HDs ... 2.5" and 3.5" ... change weekly (actually, the design cycle of HDs is remarkably short, with some manufacturers changing their models every six weeks. Of course, the distributor pipeline acts to slow down the changes which are seen by the end-user). Development of large capacity SATA drives continues. 500 GB is available in 2.5" in SATA now. 1.5 TB is available in 3.5" in SATA now. Development of large capacity PATA drives has all but stopped. 250 is the largest PATA in 2.5". 750 GB is the largest PATA in 3.5". 2002 and later Macs eliminated the LBA48 issue (and there are reliable workarounds for most pre-2002 Macs which do have the LBA48 issue). LBA48 is a PATA issue, not a SATA (nor a SCSI) issue. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
