Re: [MAGNet] Peripheral HD for G4 Powerbook

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From: Ian Crew (icrew@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 14:13:20 PST

Bond:

Yes, a firewire drive is the best idea for adding storage space
(short of replacing the internal drive, which is possible but
probably something you'd want to have Hardware Support do for you).

Since's it's a powerbook, you probably want to purchase a
'bus-powered' hard drive such as the VST drives from Smart disk
(http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Storage%20Products/Hard%20Drives/FWHD.asp)
or Apple's iPod (an external 5GB hard drive that just happens to
include a very nice MP3 player :) ). "Bus-powered" drives can
operated from the power supplied by the Firewire bus, which means
they don't need a separate power adapter.

Hope this helps,

Ian

At 1:22 PM -0800 12/4/01, Greg Merritt wrote:
> I think you'll find that you'll want to use an external
>Firewire drive. (There are also external USB drives, but these will
>likely be a tad slow for your purposes.)
>
>Regards,
>-Greg
>
>
>At 1:07 PM -0800 12/4/01, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
>>Folks,
>>
>>It's been a LONG time since I used a powerbook, but I have use of a G4
>>powerbook, OSX. I think it has a 4 G drive. I'm working on an iMovie. I need
>>more space. Any comments on what equipment I could use to add storage space.
>>I have a number of CD's with audio and video clips that I'd like to download
>>to the PB so I can manipulate them. I assume we'd be talking about an
>>external drive of some kind, but I'm not sure what the latest technology is.
>>Any clues greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Bond
>>
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