Tom, What do you mean by "HD's are cheap these days"? I must be looking in the wrong places for hard drives. It seems to me that the prices are still just as high as ever, but you do get more gigabytes for the buck. Most of the ones I look at range from $250-$400 and more. More than I can afford. Now if I could buy something smaller (around 20 gig or so) for less than $100 and still be new, I might buy it. So the drives aren't really cheaper, the gigabytes are.
What about all these new USB hard drive adapter boxes? They're around $20-$30, and you insert an IDE drive into it - say one that you pick up used for a lot less, and you don't have to take your iMac apart. Anyone tried one of these yet? I'm thinking about getting one of those, or maybe just buy a USB CD burner and store everything on CDs. That would free up a lot of space on my existing drive, and I could make music CDs as well! Opinions? -- Gerry Uhlan Baltimore, Maryland on 6/4/02 5:34 AM, Tom Krotchko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You want an IDE drive; you can get them any place, it doesn't have to be > apple specific. > > I replaced my HD with a 60 GB 7200 RPM drive (as opposed to the "normal" > 5400 RPM drives); it seems to speed up the boot-up a little bit. The speed > is written on the box. 7200 RPM drives cost slightly more, so if you're > satisfied with the speed of your current drive,then don't spend the money. > > Buy more capacity than you think you need, HD's are cheap these days. > >> Hi, i have a rev-B imac and whant to upgtade mi hard drive, what kind do i >> look for? IDE, scsi??? > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
