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G4 iMac Question - Can they take bigger drives ?
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07-31-2009, 11:24 PM
Trying to help out a forum lurker and have a quick question
Are any of the G4 imacs able to exceed the 120GB hard drive limit ? TIA
07-31-2009, 11:43 PM
Apple says any Mac manufactured after June 2002 had support for large drives http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2544. Early G4 iMacs were introduced in Jan 2002 (15" 700/800 mhz) are good to 128gb but there was also an 800/17" that came out in July 02 that supported large drives. http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml
There is also talk that some of the 15" 800's unofficially supported large drives and I have one that does.
07-31-2009, 11:52 PM
I've got a 15" 700 with a large drive in it. No sweat.
On the other hand, I have one that doesn't, so plainly YMMV.
08-01-2009, 12:52 AM
He was asking specifically about the 17" - but I'm not sure which revision
Everymac shows the 17"/1.25 with a 167 MHz bus speed - couldn't remember if the bus speed (100 vs 167) made a difference in the ability to handle bigger drives
08-01-2009, 02:13 AM
The 17/1.25 was introduced in September of 03 so it should be fine. http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/17in-imac...5-ghz.html
G4 iMacs * 15" iMac G4/700 & 800 (1/02) * 17" iMac G4/800 MHz (7/02) * 15" iMac G4/800 MHz (2/03) * 17 iMac G4/1 GHz (2/03) * 15" iMac G4/1 GHz (9/03) * 17" iMac G4/1.25 GHz (9/03) * 20" iMac G4/1.25 GHz (11/03)
08-01-2009, 05:19 AM
Lurker??
Screw you! hahah! Yeah, It was my question. I figured I was fine.. Thanks guys. What would you think the sell value on one of these suckers would be if I maxed out the RAM and threw a 250gigger in there? I was thinking around 450-500, but apparently there's some dude selling one on ebay for 899 firm. And the one I have is in MINT shape, not yellowed at all, and even has the spheroid speakers....
08-01-2009, 11:21 AM
sh0nuff wrote: Now, IF you also had the iSub from HP you would have a nice package . . . I would be surprised if you can get the 450-500, even if you had the iSub, but if you eBay it, who knows . . . maybe more. I have the 15"/1GHz and it's been chugging along just fine. |
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