Wow! I just looked at iFixit.com and it looks as complicated as a PowerBook to replace the harddrive!.
I think I'm just going to leave it alone (at least until it fails). I can tackle this level of complexity but it looks like ther is plenty of opportunity to make things worst =( not better. I think this leans me towards a backup onto external hard drive, clean install, and then copy over what she needs now. Bring back the (affordable) tower please! --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Ashgrove <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ashgrove <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Upgrading from Tiger to Snow Leopard? > To: "iMac Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 10:47 AM > On Apr 23, 10:07 am, John Niven > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What kind of hard drive is needed? Any idea how big it > can be? The current one (original) is 140Gb. This is a 17" > 1.83GHz Core Duo iMac from 20006, I upgraded the ram to > 2Gb. > > If your wife does not use a lot of programs or storage, I > would say > keep your current HDD for now. A good way to make a > computer speedier > and more efficient, though, is to get a bigger, faster > drive. You can > get up to 2 terabytes now, I think, and as fast as > 10,000RPM, so the > sky's the limit. > > Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
