Maximum hard drive size for iMac 20"
Justin
Richard Maine
> What is the max hard drive size for an iMac Core Due @ 2.0Ghz?
A little more context would help get the most appropriate answer to
that. You can't buy a new one of those, so I assume you aren't talking
about that. Lowendmac.com (a good source of specs for lots of Mac
models) says that model sold with 160 and 250GB drives.
But if you are talking about upgrading/replacing the drive in an
existing unit, I know of no reason why it couldn't take a drive of any
capacity as long as it was the right form factor and interface. You can
buy drives up to 2 TB. I suspect that heat would be the biggest
limitation; I wouldn't recommend putting a 10k or 15k RPM drive
internally; might work, but if you do that and it dies prematurely
because of overheating, then I didn't recommend it.
If you thinking of upgrading to a bigger drive instead of replacing a
dead one, I might recommend adding on an external drive instead. Again,
there isn't any particular size limitation for them. (I'm sure there are
finite limits, but probably far enough above the size of drives that
actually exist that the limits aren't an issue today.) Getting inside of
an iMac is a pain if you are doing it yourself; I'd off-hand guess that
if you need to ask what the largest capacity drive is, you probably
don't want to take on the task of doing the replacement yourself. If you
pay a professional, you'll likely end up paying more than it would have
cost to get an external drive box.
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Neill Massello
> What is the max hard drive size for an iMac Core Due @ 2.0Ghz?
It will probably work with just about any current (up to 2TB) SATA hard
drive. Check Accelerate Your Mac's drive compatibility database to see
if anybody has had problems using the particular drive you're
considering in your particular iMac.
<http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso>
David
Justin <jus...@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:
> What is the max hard drive size for an iMac Core Due @ 2.0Ghz?
I have no idea, but my 20" intel iMac happily uses a 1TB external drive
- it backs up to it and it boots from it
David
Justin
Gotcha.
The reason I'm asking is that I have an opportunity to buy a used one
but it doesn't have a hard drive. The drive went bad, and the owner
wants to upgrade to a 27" rather than fix it.
I'm looking to get something for my parents - so it doesn't have to be a
powerhouse. I might even get then a G5 - but I don't think they come
with isight.
The isight is important because I am taking a job that will have me
travel all over the world for months at a time.
My MBP 15" + Skype + parents' iMac = teleconference!
Or maybe we'll use iChat.
The only problem is Mom liked her HP running Vista - but we'll fix that
soon enough.
Richard Maine
> I might even get then a G5 - but I don't think they come
> with isight.
The last release of iMac G5s did come with iSight. I knew that my 20" G5
iMac from Dec 2005 had an iSight. I still own that machine, but it isn't
my main one any more; two since then, the last being this shiny
(literally :-)) 27" iMac. My 4-year-old G5 iMac has been relegated to
the back room at my wife's math tutoring business.
Checking lowendmac, it sounds like the built-in iSight was new to the
ones released in Oct 2005.
Justin
> Justin <jus...@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:
>
>> I might even get then a G5 - but I don't think they come
>> with isight.
>
> The last release of iMac G5s did come with iSight. I knew that my 20" G5
> iMac from Dec 2005 had an iSight. I still own that machine, but it isn't
> my main one any more; two since then, the last being this shiny
> (literally :-)) 27" iMac. My 4-year-old G5 iMac has been relegated to
> the back room at my wife's math tutoring business.
>
> Checking lowendmac, it sounds like the built-in iSight was new to the
> ones released in Oct 2005.
>
Gotcha.
I'll do some more research and see what I can figure out. As a grad
student I'm on somewhat of a budget. However Dad paid for my undergrad
so I figure I owe him (them?) a bit. ;)
Richard Maine
> I'll do some more research and see what I can figure out. As a grad
> student I'm on somewhat of a budget. However Dad paid for my undergrad
> so I figure I owe him (them?) a bit. ;)
Heh, heh. I bought my mother a reconditioned recent model iMac when I
was home for Dad's funeral (he was 80) this February. Replaced a piece
of junk eMachines box that she had. I'm a retired NASA engineer on a
quite decent pension (and my wife is as well), so I'm not on a horribly
tight budget. Well, still paying off my daughter's college bill from an
expensive private school, but I can manage. Mom was effusively happy
with the iMac, complaining only that I shouldn't have spent so much
(about $1000). I figure I've got a long ways to go before I spend enough
that we are "even"; I don't think any amount of money will quite do it.
Daniel Cohen
> Justin <jus...@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:
>
> > What is the max hard drive size for an iMac Core Due @ 2.0Ghz?
>
> It will probably work with just about any current (up to 2TB) SATA hard
> drive.
Well, yes.
But of course you mean a SATA hard drive in an enclosure with USB or
Firewire, as the iMac does not have its own SATA connection.
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Richard Maine
> Neill Massello <nmas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Justin <jus...@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What is the max hard drive size for an iMac Core Due @ 2.0Ghz?
> >
> > It will probably work with just about any current (up to 2TB) SATA hard
> > drive.
>
> Well, yes.
>
> But of course you mean a SATA hard drive in an enclosure with USB or
> Firewire, as the iMac does not have its own SATA connection.
"Of course?" I'd guess not. I'd guess that he means just what he said.
The internal drive of the iMac is SATA. Insomuch as the OP was talking
about an iMac with a dead drive, answers addressed at replacements for
that dead drive seem pretty relevant. As noted elsethread, it can be a
bit of a pain to get to the internal drive so that might not be the best
solution, but it certainly is a possible one.
Daniel Cohen
> Daniel Cohen <dcohe...@talktalk.net> wrote:
.
> >
> > But of course you mean a SATA hard drive in an enclosure with USB or
> > Firewire, as the iMac does not have its own SATA connection.
>
> "Of course?" I'd guess not. I'd guess that he means just what he said.
> The internal drive of the iMac is SATA. Insomuch as the OP was talking
> about an iMac with a dead drive, answers addressed at replacements for
> that dead drive seem pretty relevant. As noted elsethread, it can be a
> bit of a pain to get to the internal drive so that might not be the best
> solution, but it certainly is a possible one.
Yes, you're right.
VAXman-
>Richard Maine <nos...@see.signature> wrote:
>
>> Daniel Cohen <dcohe...@talktalk.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > But of course you mean a SATA hard drive in an enclosure with USB or
>> > Firewire, as the iMac does not have its own SATA connection.
>>
>> "Of course?" I'd guess not. I'd guess that he means just what he said.
>> The internal drive of the iMac is SATA. Insomuch as the OP was talking
>> about an iMac with a dead drive, answers addressed at replacements for
>> that dead drive seem pretty relevant. As noted elsethread, it can be a
>> bit of a pain to get to the internal drive so that might not be the best
>> solution, but it certainly is a possible one.
>
>Yes, you're right.
Have a white iMac 20" here (circa 1997). I put a 2GB drive into it.
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>In article <00A94E0F...@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> Have a white iMac 20" here (circa 1997).
>
Oops... replying to two messages at same time... on in a retro-computing
group. Yes, 2007 not 1997.
J.J. O'Shea
(in article <00A94E0F...@SendSpamHere.ORG>):
> In article <1j9hewd.6z6hre1gmudfkN%dcohe...@talktalk.net>,
> dcohe...@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) writes:
>> Richard Maine <nos...@see.signature> wrote:
>>
>>> Daniel Cohen <dcohe...@talktalk.net> wrote:
>> ..
>>>>
>>>> But of course you mean a SATA hard drive in an enclosure with USB or
>>>> Firewire, as the iMac does not have its own SATA connection.
>>>
>>> "Of course?" I'd guess not. I'd guess that he means just what he said.
>>> The internal drive of the iMac is SATA. Insomuch as the OP was talking
>>> about an iMac with a dead drive, answers addressed at replacements for
>>> that dead drive seem pretty relevant. As noted elsethread, it can be a
>>> bit of a pain to get to the internal drive so that might not be the best
>>> solution, but it certainly is a possible one.
>>
>> Yes, you're right.
>
> Have a white iMac 20" here (circa 1997). I put a 2GB drive into it.
>
>
You got a _white_ iMac in 1997? You got an iMac with a 20" display in 1997?
So you have a time machine, right? Can I borrow it? I'd like to go back to
1996 and buy some Apple stock.
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Richard Maine
> Have a white iMac 20" here (circa 1997). I put a 2GB drive into it.
Seems a little small even for '97, though I suppose you could probably
at least fit the OS in 2GB then. :-)
VAXman-
>f<VAX...@SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>
>> Have a white iMac 20" here (circa 1997). I put a 2GB drive into it.
>
>Seems a little small even for '97, though I suppose you could probably
>at least fit the OS in 2GB then. :-)
Sheesh, I have got to stop posting before I have had ample caffeination.
Should have read 2007 and 2TB.
I was being interrupted too this morn by my one son who has been working
on my other son's vehicle while he's home from Penn State on Thanksgiving
break.
Nick Naym
at wrote on 11/21/09 8:48 AM:
> In article <1j9hewd.6z6hre1gmudfkN%dcohe...@talktalk.net>,
> dcohe...@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) writes:
>> Richard Maine <nos...@see.signature> wrote:
>>
>>> Daniel Cohen <dcohe...@talktalk.net> wrote:
>> ..
>>>>
>>>> But of course you mean a SATA hard drive in an enclosure with USB or
>>>> Firewire, as the iMac does not have its own SATA connection.
>>>
>>> "Of course?" I'd guess not. I'd guess that he means just what he said.
>>> The internal drive of the iMac is SATA. Insomuch as the OP was talking
>>> about an iMac with a dead drive, answers addressed at replacements for
>>> that dead drive seem pretty relevant. As noted elsethread, it can be a
>>> bit of a pain to get to the internal drive so that might not be the best
>>> solution, but it certainly is a possible one.
>>
>> Yes, you're right.
>
> Have a white iMac 20" here (circa 1997). I put a 2GB drive into it.
2GB???
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C'mon, 18+ hours later? You should have seen my follow-up correction.