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DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 12:55:59 pm PST #33 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

I installed a 120GB HD (internal) in this machine a while back, and am wondering what the chances are that I can just take it out of the PC and stick it into the Mac when the time comes.

Pretty darn good. What version of Windows are you running?

And? Depending on the format your drive is, it might even mount and you don't have to reformat it as Mac.

And? depends on the model of Mac you are getting.

If it's an IDE drive, I'm wondering if your best bet would be to buy an external firewire or USB case to stick the old drive in.

tommyrot - Nov 18, 2004 12:59:44 pm PST #34 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What kind of Mac? Is there room for a second drive in an iMac?

DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 1:08:43 pm PST #35 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

What kind of Mac? Is there room for a second drive in an iMac?

No. But the external case bit would work.

tommyrot - Nov 18, 2004 1:13:38 pm PST #36 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm wondering if your best bet would be to buy an external firewire or USB case to stick the old drive in.

I bought one of those and converted an extra internal drive. It works well. Was around $70. But I wish it didn't require an external power supply.

Jessica - Nov 18, 2004 1:25:21 pm PST #37 of 10003

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

It'll be a regular tower, not an iMac, so there should be room for a second drive. Don't know yet if I'll be buying a new G5 or a used G4, but I'll definitely be upgrading to the most recent version of OSX, no matter what it comes with.

It's an ATA drive.

(And it seems I lied about having to go out. Because they'd rather I pick up the tape tomorrow, it seems.)

NoiseDesign - Nov 18, 2004 1:37:24 pm PST #38 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

Yeah, and ATA drive will drop right into a old generation Mac tower. The new G5's use serial ATA though, so you'd have to go external firewire enclosure on those.

Jessica - Nov 18, 2004 1:45:02 pm PST #39 of 10003

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

The new G5's use serial ATA though, so you'd have to go external firewire enclosure on those.

Ah, good to know.

DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 1:52:25 pm PST #40 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

Just in case, I think I saw a good deal on enclosures in my dealmac.com newsletter recently. Hmmm...

The Triumph Diamond 5.25-inch FireWire enclosure, model no. AM-346F, costs $25 at PC Micro Store. It's the lowest price we know to be available by $2. Add around $6 for shipping. >[link]

More: [link]

NoiseDesign - Nov 18, 2004 2:06:23 pm PST #41 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

They aren't the cheapest, but these are my preferred Firewire enclosures. I own 5 of them right now.

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DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 2:32:46 pm PST #42 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

They aren't the cheapest, but these are my preferred Firewire enclosures. I own 5 of them right now.

They also have some open box ones, same warranty, for $8 less. Not much of a discount, but it's something.

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