On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A friend of mine has an iMac G5 (iSight, i think!) and needs an external > drive that can be used as a boot drive. (He'd probably prefer it to be at > least 500 GB, but that's not essential.) > > I know that it has to be connected via FireWire, rather than USB. Aside > from that, and the fact that most Western Digital My Book models can't boot > a PPC Mac, I haven't got much idea what to recommend. Since his internal > drive is not working (whether it's fixable or not without replacement is not > clear), he would like to get an external bootable drive very quickly, which > means probably from a store rather than via the Internet. He lives in > Oakland, California (very near San Francisco), so there are plenty of > stores! > > I was thinking of lending him (or selling him) my 250-GB MiniStack, but I'd > have to spend time copying my files to another drive before installing an OS > on it. It would probably be better if he could just quickly buy a new drive > that would be likely to work and be reliable. > > Please Bcc responses to my email address, so that they'll wind up in my > inbox where I'll be sure to notice them. He can go to one of the Fry's Electronics stores in the Bay area to buy, or go online to order for same day delivery, their following one-week special external harddrive: <http://shop3.frys.com/product/5496119> A few months ago, I bought from Fry's a similar but smaller drive, which has worked perfectly with my iMac G5 (20", iSight). It came with a five-year warranty. Fabian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
