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From: Huge on 7 Aug 2010 04:57 Hi i have a 100gb drive in this beauty . yes i downgraded from the unibody as its not what i wanted. I have one question, i need to increase my hard drive size to something like 250-500gb can anyone tell me if i get a SATA drive will it be backward compatible with ATA/100 which is in this machine. or do i have to buy more expensive drives. Also is 1gb ram ok for leopard? it seems to be a bit sluggish and is there any way i can downgrade my external firewire drive to put leopard back on it as its got snow leopard and wont boot my g4 in an emergency, Many thanks
From: J. J. Lodder on 7 Aug 2010 05:07 Huge <hugeone12nospam(a)britishtelecominternetdotcom> wrote: > Hi i have a 100gb drive in this beauty . yes i downgraded from the > unibody as its not what i wanted. I have one question, i need to > increase my hard drive size to something like 250-500gb can anyone tell > me if i get a SATA drive will it be backward compatible with ATA/100 > which is in this machine. No. > or do i have to buy more expensive drives. Yes, and 320 GB is the biggest you'll find. > Also is 1gb ram ok for leopard? Yes, but depending on what more you want to do. > it seems to be a bit sluggish and is > there any way i can downgrade my external firewire drive to put leopard > back on it as its got snow leopard and wont boot my g4 in an emergency, Just instal. You may need to change the partition scheme first, Jan
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Aug 2010 05:47 On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:57:25 +0100, Huge <hugeone12nospam(a)britishtelecominternetdotcom> wrote: >Hi i have a 100gb drive in this beauty . yes i downgraded from the >unibody as its not what i wanted. I have one question, i need to >increase my hard drive size to something like 250-500gb can anyone tell >me if i get a SATA drive will it be backward compatible with ATA/100 >which is in this machine. SATA drives don't fit ATA sockets, you need an ATA drive. They max out at 320gig, I think. http://www.span.com/index.php?cPath=23_503 >Also is 1gb ram ok for leopard? it seems to be a bit sluggish Put in as much as you can. 1gig is tight, anything over 1.5gig is fine. >and is >there any way i can downgrade my external firewire drive to put leopard >back on it as its got snow leopard and wont boot my g4 in an emergency, Reformat it - with APM partitioning! - and install Leopard on it again. Cheers - Jaimie -- Storage space and computing power are dirt cheap; our task isn't to "use them efficiently," it's to "squander them creatively." -- David Gelernter
From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Aug 2010 06:18 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >Also is 1gb ram ok for leopard? it seems to be a bit sluggish > > Put in as much as you can. 1gig is tight, anything over 1.5gig is > fine. Well of course it's sluggish. It's a G4. Adding RAM will maqke it a bit livelier, but really it's just putting lipstick on a pig. -- Peter
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Aug 2010 06:46
On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 11:18:55 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> >Also is 1gb ram ok for leopard? it seems to be a bit sluggish >> >> Put in as much as you can. 1gig is tight, anything over 1.5gig is >> fine. > >Well of course it's sluggish. It's a G4. Adding RAM will maqke it a bit >livelier, but really it's just putting lipstick on a pig. Heh. Someone got a new Intel box recently! It's a shame Snow Leopard isn't compiled for PPC, that's faster than Leopard on the same hardware. Cheers - Jaimie -- I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away. -- Nancy Mitford |