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<blockquote data-quote="Badger" data-source="post: 135684"><p>Here's the Apple note for the 128 gb limit: <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178</a>. From this info and specs at Low End Mac (<a href="http://www.lowendmac.com" target="_blank">www.lowendmac.com</a>) it seems your model is affected by this limit. However the 128 gb applies to the volume size not the size of the hard disk. So if you install a 200 gb disk it can be partitioned into say 120 & 80 gbs so you get full use of it. It also means that two hard disks on the same bus are treated independently and do not add together. So to try to simplify this for you: given your current setup you can keep your 60 gb disk and add another. If the new disk is larger than 128 gbs it should be partitioned so that each part is less than 128 gbs. You can use an ATA 133 on the system you have without a new controller card.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badger, post: 135684"] Here's the Apple note for the 128 gb limit: [url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178[/url]. From this info and specs at Low End Mac ([url]www.lowendmac.com[/url]) it seems your model is affected by this limit. However the 128 gb applies to the volume size not the size of the hard disk. So if you install a 200 gb disk it can be partitioned into say 120 & 80 gbs so you get full use of it. It also means that two hard disks on the same bus are treated independently and do not add together. So to try to simplify this for you: given your current setup you can keep your 60 gb disk and add another. If the new disk is larger than 128 gbs it should be partitioned so that each part is less than 128 gbs. You can use an ATA 133 on the system you have without a new controller card. [/QUOTE]
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