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My girlfriend has an iBook G4 and she wants to upgrade the HDD. It's the 1.33 model and she's filled it up with music and so on.
So, my questions are:
1> How difficult is it to replace it yourself? From what I've seen and read, it looks like a real PIA. Has anyhow here done a replacement on a G4? I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts and what directions you used.
2> If we decided to have it done, we were thinking about sending it off to this company called Mac Service - has anybody used this service? Thoughts?
3> Finally, I believe the HDD in there now runs at 4200 RPM. What sort of performance increase would she gain going up to a 5400 RPM drive or even a 7200 RPM? What does that do to battery life?
Thanks!
So, my questions are:
1> How difficult is it to replace it yourself? From what I've seen and read, it looks like a real PIA. Has anyhow here done a replacement on a G4? I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts and what directions you used.
2> If we decided to have it done, we were thinking about sending it off to this company called Mac Service - has anybody used this service? Thoughts?
3> Finally, I believe the HDD in there now runs at 4200 RPM. What sort of performance increase would she gain going up to a 5400 RPM drive or even a 7200 RPM? What does that do to battery life?
Thanks!