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Old Oct 25th, 2008, 05:18 PM   #1
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Hard drive upgrade for G4 iBook 12" 1.33 GHZ

I'm looking to upgrade my G4 iBook.

Is 160 gb as high as I should go? (Looking at the Seagate 160 gb drive)

Noticed a Western Digital 250 gb drive over at OWC and was wondering.
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Old Oct 25th, 2008, 06:00 PM   #2
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I put a 250GB drive in my wife's about a month ago. Although nowhere as easy as doing one in a MacBook Pro (I put a 320GB in mine), it was relatively painless.

I will warn you, ABSOLUTELY be sure you have the key board screw out (in the RAM compartment) on the underside, before you try and take out the keyboard. Otherwise you'll be replacing that too.

The how-to guide I found on the web was kinda fuzzy in this part of the instructions and as a result… yah I am doing a keyboard replacement for the ergo-wave version I made out of my wife's.
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Oops sorry ours was a 12" Powerbook G4.
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Old Oct 25th, 2008, 06:44 PM   #4
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I fully intend to get an Apple tech to do it for me,
I won't ever attempt to do it myself on an iBook, Too complicated.

It'll most likely be an ATA Seagate 160 or a ATA Western Digital 250,
I haven't decided yet though, That's why I'm asking here.
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Old Oct 25th, 2008, 07:08 PM   #5
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Either the 160 or 250 will work fine.
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