expanding iMac hard drive space — #4
One important thing to remember is the sloooooow transfer speed of USB - only 1.5 MB/sec maximum, assuming you have no other constant signals through that port. In contrast, the i…
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expanding iMac hard drive space — #5
My external is a Lacie which I've had for quite some time now. I'm sure there are better ones than the one I have. At any rate, I store most of my MP3 and video on it. As far as…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #6
I'd seriously just get an internal harddrive and switch them. They are LOADS cheaper (a 40 gig hard drive is only 300 bucks), a CRAPLOAD faster (someone said 33megs a second I th…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #7
Ya, I'm leaning toward the internal option. I was searching through the CompUSA product inventory and found a nice Maxtor 40 gig 7200 rpm for $200!!! There's no way an external c…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #8
Would a FireWire hard drive be good for an iMac DV SE? Would it actually transfer at 50 megabytes/sec?
expanding iMac hard drive space — #9
yes, a fan-less iMac would have a serious problem with a 7200 rpm drive. those things run significantly hotter than the 5400 rpm ones
however, as long as you buy a 5400 rpm ide/at…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #10
As long as you're replacing your internal hard drive, you could consider buying an external USB case for your factory hard drive. That would also make it a lot easier to transfer y…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #11
internal is good... The USB thing imght be a neat idea. I'd try that. Also... I have a 7200 RPM drive in my 1 gen iMac, adn nothing has gotten hotter (CD Rom is…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #12
Has anyone seen any external enclosures with a firewire hookup? I want to expand my SE hard drive space, but the firewire drives out there are still too pricey.
expanding iMac hard drive space — #13
ClubMac makes it's own external hard drives at an extremely low price.
20 Gig External Firewire
search for others here:
ClubMac Home Page
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expanding iMac hard drive space — #14
has anyone seen any other installation instructions (for a 1st gen iMac) other than the one at "theimac.com"? The ones there are a bit complicated and the pictures are somewhat sm…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #15
I think there may be instuctions on www.imac2day.com dunno though...
expanding iMac hard drive space — #16
I upgraded to a Maxtor 13.6GB and the iMac (bondi A) won't boot from it. I find out later that Maxtor made some drives that won't boot Macs.
They format fine and allow file transf…
expanding iMac hard drive space — #17
I just upgraded my iMac DV to a 30 Gb Maxtor, 7200 rpm. I'm going to monitor the temp over the next few days to see if there's any difference. To transfer the files I just took t…