iMac:
Hi. I just returned from the Apple store at my local mall and ask a
sales person about an eternal drive. He pointed me to the end of the
store where I saw numerous Lacie brand named hard drives. I can't
recall the sizes, but they seemed impressive. OS X 10.4 is on sale
there for $129 and the drives were running about $189 to start with.
I told one the sales folks that I wanted to buy a external drive and
load on 10.4. He seemed to think that that would work on my iMac,
but suggested that I call Applecare for some possible go-between
step.
The Apple stores are now a media/entertainment blitz loaded with
customers, so I sensed that I probably would get an annoyed look if I
bothered to pursue him with any more questions, so I thanked him and
left. So, we're talking $329
dollars to bring this baby up to code, or another $400 to get an
eMac, which on another occassion, a salesman at the same store said
that he suspected that Apple was going to be quickly ceasing
production of them.
Any comments?
Thanks,
Mike
>If anyone is considering an external drive then Firewire is the best
choice because you can boot off it and you can't boot off a USB.
I'd also recommend firewire because the iMac in question doesn't support
USB 2. That means all burning over USB will be limited to 6x or slower.
With firewire, you can go to the full 52x that most burners today support.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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