>> I was looking at some new hard drives the other day and saw they needed >> a G4 processor or better. Is there any reason for them not to work in >> my two iMacs and G3 All In One, which have G3 processors? > >There is NO SUCH THING as a hard drive that "requires" a G4. Period. > >If these are standard ATA/IDE 3.5" hard drives, they will work in your >machines just fine.
Two caveats to that. If they are faster spec drives then your Mac uses, then you will not get the faster speed. They will still work, but you will only get the max speed your Mac supports. (ATA/IDE drives come in different thruput speeds, all are fully interchangable, but all only get the speed of the slowest point in the setup. So a Mac that uses ATA/33 will not get ATA/100 speeds if you put an ATA/100 drive in it). The other issue is, depending on the Mac, it may not be able to see drives over a certain size. If you have an earlier Mac, and you put a 200 GB drive in it, it may simply not been seen at all (or possibly be seen, but not see the full 200 GB). So make sure before you buy a drive, you check what the max size your Mac can use, and don't bother getting larger then that. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
