mac powerbook? - Page 4

i'm pretty sure it's standard as kakaze has said. i've read a number of upgrade articles on the web of ppl doing ibook HD replacements w/ no mention of any variation from a standard 2.5" HD. the upgrade articles which show pictures of the drives show it as a 2.5", the 1.8" ones look as if the ide connector is on the side of the drive (see link below). the ibook comes w/ a 30GB drive, while 1.8" drives are in flavors of 20 and 40 currently. from the apple store online u can upgrade to 60 or 80GB drives, the 1.8" versions at this capacity are yet to be seen in the wild, but the 60 should be around the corner.

u might be getting your i-gear mixed up, the ipod uses a 1.8" drive, which is still pretty limited in it's availability relatively speaking.

u can get a 40GB 4200rpm 1.8" drive for ~$130 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=100527

not bad, 'cept when u compare to regular 2.5" drives, where u can get a 4200rpm 40GB drive for ~$70
http://www.bestbargainpc.com/hi4042.html
other vendors actually have the 5400rpm models for the same prices.

so yeh, it'd be quite irregular to see a premium priced technology like the 1.8" drives being put in an economy focused system like the ibook. now if apple comes out w/ a sub-compact in '05 i wouldn't be surprised to see it, but right now they don't have a laptop product which suits the technology.

have i made my point?


btw, i just bought a new ibook at a hell of a deal w/ some sweet upgrades on the way!

Well crap. I wish I'd known that. I just ordered a 12" iBook (shipped today!) and got the 80 GB harddrive which runs at a pokey 4200 rpm. Probably could have saved some money *and* gotten a faster HD if I'd gotten the Hitachi. Oh well.

well congrats on the purchase anyway! i knew i wanted the faster HD from the get-go bc i'm planning on doing a fair share of video editing and vhs->dvd archiving (edit on mac, plug into the ethernet, share the folder on the network, burn @ 16x on my PC desktop. ), but u should b fine w/ the slower drive for most of what u want to do. enjoy!

also dont' feel bad, the ibook hd is not considered a user replacable part and voids warranty

Just had a quick question, I am looking to purchasing a new notebook, probally will be a mac this time, I did have an iBook for a day but took it back and built a more powerful desktop for gaming. Now I would like something for school and doing a little programming on the go nothing else really. I wanted to know if anyone has any knowledge in the Go-Mono project? It is a .NET framework conversion for Linux, I know nothing of linux, would you be able to install this on the Mac? Meaning can I write .NET programs, I prefer C# to Java hands down. Thanks ahead of time if anyone can tell me!!

This page has a Mac OS X Mono installer, so that seems to be a yes.

Also, Objective-C is a language usable if you code in the XCode package from Apple. It comes free with OS X, might be worth a look if you want to reite any platform specific programs and still stay in a style similar to C#.