I put in the new 160GB HDD, and it's a breath of fresh air. I can't say that it's faster, but I can say I feel better looking at my system and having close to 122GB Free (which will be partially filled tonight when I get back to my desktop)
It took me about 45 minutes to do the swap of the HDD. It wasn't as bad as I would have thought, but it takes more care doing a component swap in an Apple PowerBook than it takes in say... a Gateway or an HP/Compaq.
I was really careful, and the laptop fits back together beautifully. if this is gonna be a permanent machine for me, I will get the wristrest/top replaced as it has those pitted marks. When i have my palms wresting on them, I don't feel them, but it's an eyesore to take out a laptop this nice and be scarred by the pockmarks that are on the left of the trackpad. Almos like someone took out a gray airbrush and did a quick spritz onto the metal, except it's the top layer that is coming off. Is it just silver paint, or is it actually metal under the silver? or is it plastic?
It took me about 45 minutes to do the swap of the HDD. It wasn't as bad as I would have thought, but it takes more care doing a component swap in an Apple PowerBook than it takes in say... a Gateway or an HP/Compaq.
I was really careful, and the laptop fits back together beautifully. if this is gonna be a permanent machine for me, I will get the wristrest/top replaced as it has those pitted marks. When i have my palms wresting on them, I don't feel them, but it's an eyesore to take out a laptop this nice and be scarred by the pockmarks that are on the left of the trackpad. Almos like someone took out a gray airbrush and did a quick spritz onto the metal, except it's the top layer that is coming off. Is it just silver paint, or is it actually metal under the silver? or is it plastic?