My solution was to get a cheap FireWire Card, ($19 at OWC), and buy an external FW
drive, and a FW CD-RW Burner that will work with Retrospect. That way when I finally
do upgrade to a new Mac, I can just move these peripherals over.
Maaki
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---At 11:41 PM -0700 10/22/02, Ralph Russell wrote:---
>Assuming my hard drive is failing, what about the feasibility of replacing
>it, having regard to cost and whether other components could fail soon
>after? Guess I need to get more RAM too. I've also been thinking about
>getting a CD burner to back-up. Could I get my CD player replaced by a CD-RW
>or would an external one be better/cheaper? I do have a 2 port USB card
>installed.
>
>The alternative is to save up for, say an eMac, but I hate the thought of
>throwing out the 8500 if it can be refurbished and/or upgraded economically.
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