Thank you Warhelmet. The iMac is running Tim Machine today so that will be Ok.
Flemming On 17 Apr 2009, at 20:24, warhelmet wrote: > > Also, there is the cost thing. Unless you think that you might re-use > the SSD in a future machine, go for the smallest SSD you can get away > with and buy the biggest USB memory device you can find at a > reasonable price. I would imagine that internet speed is going to be > the performance bottleneck rather than access times. Also, it is worth > pointing out that SSDs are not totally bulletproof. Most operating > systems treat them as HDs when they are nothing of the sort. You need > to ensure that the SSD is regularly backed up if you are doing > anything mission critical. The reliability of SSDs over a long period > of time has not been proven. I suppose there is probably room even in > a G4 iMac for a SSD RAID solution but, ahem, even then, I'd want good > backup. > > > On Apr 17, 3:39 pm, "SteveC" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have the original 10gb HD in my iMac G3 DV. I have a FireWire 250gb >> external drive that I boot from, and have a boot-time script that >> ejects the >> internal drive. It makes the machine whisper quiet because the >> external HD >> is silent and the internal one ceases to function. >> >> At first I considered getting a 32gb solid state drive for the >> silence, but >> after reading the disassembly docs, I nixed that idea. The 250gb >> external is >> larger and cheaper than the 32gb drive. Reading the disassembly >> docs to get >> the drive in (and out n years from now) also looked like more than >> I wanted >> to deal with. >> >> HTH. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf >> >> Of Flemming Wyrtz >> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:03 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Solid state Harddisk on an iMac G4 >> >> Thank you Bruce >> >> I have had disassembled so I know the pain inside. >> >> I actually have the computer in my office in Denmark and I do most of >> my work in South America so I am away for a pretty long time and >> threfore the point is to make the configuration rockstable. >> >> Thats the reason to even begin thinking on a ssd drive. >> >> I will give it a try. >> >> When I have done it I will post a comment. >> >> Bye bye >> >> Flemming >> >> On 16 Apr 2009, at 15:13, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >>> On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>>> I have a perfectly working iMac G4 from 2002 with 2 G memory and >>>> now >>>> running Leopard, that I want to use as a server for a databasefile, >>>> that I will call home to from time to time when I or my personal >>>> wants >>>> to update company things. I want to use the iMac because I think it >>>> is >>>> still the most beautifull computer ever made and I have it as an >>>> icon >>>> and a working machine!. >> >>>> But to use it as a server with the harddisk waking up every 5 >>>> minutes >>>> does not please me. So here is the question. >> >>>> Does anyone know if I can possibly change the existing harddisk and >>>> replace it with a solid state drive. In case yes this machine will >>>> still have to work for me and will not retire. >> >>> You can certainly do that, since it takes just a standard IDE drive. >>> All you need to do is get the right configuration of SSD drive. >> >>> That said, the G4 iMacs are a MONSTER pain in the butt to work on. >> >>> You can also use it as is, just turn off HDD sleep. If you're >>> using it >>> as a server, in this fashion, set the display to sleep in a >>> relatively >>> short period of time, but set the computer and hard drives to never >>> sleep. >> >>> -- >>> Bruce Johnson >>> University of Arizona >>> College of Pharmacy >>> Information Technology Group >> >>> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs- Hide quoted >>> text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
