HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

Hello everyone, I'm sure that this question has been asked before, but I would appreciate receiving any information regarding replacement / upgrades for my "old" (original) hard drive. I'm concerned that it has been with me for over 15 years. How should I replace and/or upgrade it? Thanks in

Re: HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

Personally I would get a sata to ide adapter and get any modern small reputable ssd. Clone it with ccc or similar. You won't have trim but with garbage collection on the drive and the bottleneck of the ide bus it should still be way faster and outlast the rest of the G4. Last time i researched

Re: HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

Is this a hobby computer or a machine that has been a DAW or other workstation? That would mean a great difference. Or is it the only dire option between you and being cut off from the world. Or perhaps a trusted and faithful companion you cannot part with? Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer

Re: HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

I have the same machine and still use it all the time because there is so much good software that I use which is not available for my Macbook Pro. I installed a gigabit PCI ethernet card, a sata drive with SeriTek 1S2 PCI controller, an external Firewire OWC hard drive, GeForce4 Ti 4600 video

Re: HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

I currently use the G4 to run legacy S/W -- I guess it's more of a hobby machine and not my primary H/W. I do have a lot of audio and photo files on it, as well as some legacy PPC S/W that I do not want to loose. On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 4:10 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote:

Re: HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

You may find the controllers and drives if you join the Low End Macs Swap list. Good luck Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer