Q: recommendation on PowerBook G4/1.5 17" (Al) hard drive
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Jul 30, 2012 3:37 PMby BGreg,You can install any 2.5" parallel ATA or ultra ATA (not serial ATA or SATA) hard drive. Unfortunately, the selection is getting slimmer over time, as serial ATA drives are what the industry is using. However, Newegg has these drives that would work. I've bought from them before and recommend them as a vendor, good prices, good shipping.
Here are some other choices at OWC.
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Jul 30, 2012 4:15 PMby old comm guy,I dropped this WD drive from OWC into one of the TiBooks last year. Seems to work fine, though its price hasn't come back down to the pre-flood levels yet.
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Jul 31, 2012 9:21 AMby BGreg,The drive old comm guy recommended has 83% 3 and 4 star ratings at newegg.com, and everyone who commented about installing in a Powerbook was positive. You can read their reviews here. EIDE and Parallel ATA are the same thing, too.
