From: Wyn Davies (wyn@apple.com)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 14:33:27 PST
All PowerBooks and iBooks have 6 pin powered FireWire ports.
.wyn
> I remember reading somewhere that the Firewire bus on the powerbooks
> was unpowered so you would need to use an external power source. I
> could be wrong about this but it is worth checking out.
>
> Chris
>
>
>> 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/FW
>> HD.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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