would like some recommendation of a hard drive for a
PowerBook G4/1.5 17" (Al)
I had a 80 GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive but it just died and looking for something bigger. Is 160 ultra ata/100 5400rpm the max capacity for a powerbook ?
looked on other site but its so confusing😕... would love some advice.
Thank you in advance.
PowerBook
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.
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.
thank you BGreg i will take a look at this
old comm guy i don't think i can use EIDE only reason i say this is b/c i took a look at another forum and they had this as one of their slections to buy a hard drive and someone said not to use it . i will look a lttle bit more into it .thank you
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.
recommendation on PowerBook G4/1.5 17" (Al) hard drive
