Hardware changes

[retasi]

Ok I have a 100gb HD in my powerbook and i was wondering if they would change it for me for a 120gb HD in the Apple Store, I would pay of course also I need them to fix my wobbly screen.
Thanks

 

[EricNau]

Ok I have a 100gb HD in my powerbook and i was wondering if they would change it for me for a 120gb HD in the Apple Store, I would pay of course also I need them to fix my wobbly screen.
Thanks

If you pay, I think they'll do just about anything.

not sure if they would transfer all of your files though

 

[NewbieNerd]

Nice new trashcan, EricNau.

What do you need 20 more gigs for? Are you losing speed (7200->5400 rpm) in the process? I don't do any of the creative type stuff, so I guess I just don't see what you guys need with so much space. Except for Lacero and her 35000 songs, haha.

 

[EricNau]

Nice new trashcan, EricNau.

Thanks, sorry to say I didn't make it myself, I got it off the internet.
(Is that OK, or is it against the official avatar rules?)

 

[retasi]

I have a 17" PB which was just before the new ones so is it 7200 or 5400?

 

[EricNau]

I have a 17" PB which was just before the new ones so is it 7200 or 5400?

I'd say 5400 rpm, because that's what all the current PoerBooks have. I doubt apple downgraded them.

 

[.:*Robot Boy*:.]

I have a 17" PB which was just before the new ones so is it 7200 or 5400?

5400RPM. If you upgrade to 120GB it'll be a 5400RPM drive, so you won't notice any drop in speed .

 

[.:*Robot Boy*:.]

Oh, also, the actual formatted capacity of the 120GB drives is 111.67GB.

 

[EricNau]

5400RPM. If you upgrade to 120GB it'll be a 5400RPM drive, so you won't notice any drop in speed .

...or an increase.

Now I'm getting into places I don't know;
Is it possible that by upgraded to a larger, same-speed HDD, that is could actually get slower because it has more disk space to sort through?

 

[EricNau]

Oh, also, the actual formatted capacity of the 120GB drives is 111.67GB.

But they would still see an over increase of about 20 GB (more like 19 or something). - just dont want retasi to think s/he will only get 11 GB out of the deal.

 

[retasi]

By the way at what HD Capacity does the computer really start to slowdown?

 

[mad jew]

By the way at what HD Capacity does the computer really start to slowdown?

About 8GB free as a rule of thumb but it's quite dependent on other factors such as the amount of RAM and what you use the Mac for.

 

[retasi]

so 23 is ok?

 

[mad jew]

23GB free is absolutely fine.