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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.
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.)
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.
The new G5's use serial ATA though, so you'd have to go external firewire enclosure on those.
Ah, good to know.
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]
They aren't the cheapest, but these are my preferred Firewire enclosures. I own 5 of them right now.
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.
I love you guys, but I should probably mention that the whole new computer thing is very contingent on me cleaning the apartment and finding a pile of money under the couch. It's a sometime-in-the-next-six-months plan, not gonna happen this week.
Yes, I've purchased their open box ones with great results. They also have FW800 versions as well as USB 2.0/FW combo enclosures. They a very compact for a full size drive enclosure (Which is important to me since I have two of them with me at any given time) and they are also silent, there are no fans in the enclosure. The only drawback to that is that they use a line lump power supply.
the whole new computer thing is very contingent on me cleaning the apartment and finding a pile of money under the couch. It's a sometime-in-the-next-six-months plan, not gonna happen this week.
S'ok Jessica, it's always good to pull out the old geek suit and try it on for size.
t hides the now déclassé cape, tossing it in the corner.