Re: [NTLK] [OT] Apple G4 500 MHz 15'' Titanium PowerBook - fair price? Is it good?

From: Ray O'Leary (ray_oleary_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 21 2004 - 18:34:35 PDT

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He could also install a 60GB Travelstar 9mm 7200RPM drive internally.
I did this, replacing the stock 4200RPM 60GB drive in my 2003 17" G4,
and the performance boost was quite noticeable.

>> Not often mentioned, but one of the key factors of GarageBand's
>> performance is hard drive access, so a faster hard drive will most
>> certainly make a huge impact - a firewire external drive at 7200 RPM
>> will make a very noticeable difference compared to the drive in the
>> laptop (4200rpm in my TiBook - possibly even slower in the one you're
>> considering).

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