Peter Thanks for that.
So the most I could cram in is 500GB, in 2x 250GB 2.5" PATA drives, one using the OptiBay converter from MCE. Although I did notice they offer a SATA option for their OptiBay, which means I could install a 250GB PATA as the main drive and a 500GB in the SATA OptiBay, totalling 750GB. Simon On 7 Dec 2008, at 13:13, PeterH wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
