12" ibook and 80GB-notcompatible???

[bigfellow]

Finally got my ibook.....!!!

i ask my supplier to change the hard disk to 80GB but their technician told me that it is impossible or rather not advisable.... nag hu hung daw....i ask apple center ok naman daw.... whats the explanation for this??

thanks

[Henjie]

Originally posted by bigfellow
Finally got my ibook.....!!!

i ask my supplier to change the hard disk to 80GB but their technician told me that it is impossible or rather not advisable.... nag hu hung daw....i ask apple center ok naman daw.... whats the explanation for this??

iBook G4 + 80GB hard drive = perfectly a-ok. :-)

There's no reason why putting an 80GB drive in an iBook G4 will cause the system to crash. Kinda weird for a technician to claim otherwise.

Even the Apple Store offers an 80GB drive as an option for the iBook G4s. Check out the attached image below. ;-)


~Henjie

[the_butcher]

hey, MAC convert. Congratulations with your new iBook. I hope your not mad at me for recommending the supplier. anyways, this is my answer. All harddisks for ibooks/powerbooks or even for pcs are sized 2.5", hence they can be installed to any portable. Apple is currently selling their portables with either 20, 30, 40, 60, or 80G harddisks. hence no problem installing an 80G with your ibook. Another thing, apple does not manufacture their own harddisks. They usually get third-party manufacturers like Toshiba, Hitachi, or Dell for their laptops. I really don't know why the supplier refused to install the 80G hdd. Did you get the 80G from them? What was the original capacity of the hdd you got?

[Henjie]

Originally posted by the_butcher
All harddisks for ibooks/powerbooks or even for pcs are sized 2.5", hence they can be installed to any portable. Apple is currently selling their portables with either 20, 30, 40, 60, or 80G harddisks. hence no problem installing an 80G with your ibook. Another thing, apple does not manufacture their own harddisks. They usually get third-party manufacturers like Toshiba, Hitachi, or Dell for their laptops.

Actually, Dell doesn't manufacture hard drives. Like Apple, it relies on manufacturers like Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Seagate, etc. for its laptop hard drives. :-)

Apart from size (2.5" for laptops, 3.5" for desktops), another important consideration when shopping for a replacement laptop hard drive is the thickness of the drive. Some older laptop drives are 12mm thick and won't fit inside most current Apple portables. The good news is that current laptop hard drives are mostly 9.5mm thick so no problems installing them inside an iBook or a TiBook/AlBook.


~Henjie

[bigfellow]

hey butcher!! thanks! sabi sakin ni nomer of ynzal me mga clients daw sya na na installan nya ng 80GB pero nag hu hung daw kaya not advisable daw!... ang gulo nga kausap kasi sabi ng sales nila pwede daw sabi ng tech di pwede ARGGHHHH!!!

originally 30GB then 256 memory.... dapat pa upgrade ko to 80 gb then additional 512mb memory....but the memory the last minute sabi no stock daw.....

btw apple use ibm HD

[the_butcher]

i suggest you just wait for the 512 mb ram. get an ipod nlang for xtra hdd space. portable music player na, gwapo pa!

[bigfellow]

btw 80GB at apple center will cost 24T plus 6.5T for the case OUCH!!!

the technician advised me to get an external HD na lang! coz its impossible daw to upgrade to 80GB..... 60GB daw pwede!

[bigfellow]

ipod?? sabihan mo si ahia mo sya mag bakal! hehehehe for now i find it useless pa

[mark_17]

maybe your ibook needs a firmware update...

[Henjie]

Originally posted by bigfellow
btw 80GB at apple center will cost 24T plus 6.5T for the case OUCH!!!

24T? Rip-off. An 80GB 5400rpm Hitachi (formerly IBM) laptop drive only costs around P9T in HK, P10.4T for an equivalent Toshiba drive.

the technician advised me to get an external HD na lang! coz its impossible daw to upgrade to 80GB..... 60GB daw pwede!

Again, that's BS. Maski na 100GB puwede. Just reset the PMU after the hardware upgrade to prevent any problems from cropping up.


~Henjie