Re: new hard drive for TiPowerBook 400MHz

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pedro) wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> First apologies for the cross posting. 

If you knew it was something to apologize for, why'd you do it?  I've 
added a Followup-To line to point back to the newsgroup where I read it.

> now my question, I Think my PowerBoor needs a new hard drive (more room)
> and I was wondering if any portable hard drive can be used or needs to be
> a mac specific.
> 
> I was thinking to buy a (IBM Hitachi TravelStar DK23EA Series DK23EA-60 -
> Hard drive - 60 GB - portable - 2.5" - ATA-100 - 4200 rpm) and I was
> wondering if anyone on the group have experience with this hard drive on a
> PowerBook 2001 400MHz.

As long as the hard drive is the right size, and has the right 
interface, it will work.  There's no such thing as a "mac specific" 
drive.  In the case of the Powerbook, you need a 2.5" IDE drive, no more 
than 12.5mm tall.  The one you're asking about will work nicely-- I've 
got the 40GB version in my TiBook.  If you're at all unsure, visit 
<http://eshop.macsales.com/>.  They have a product selector where you 
can choose what model of Mac you have, and they'll tell you which of 
their hard drive stock will work with that model.

-- 
Tom "Tom" Harrington
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