Help needed on hard drive issue

hello,
I have an ibook G4 which i love and cherish, however i am a music lover which is taking up most of the available memory at the moment, i now only have 10.39GB left on an 80GB hard drive.
I have loosley browsed into buying an external hard-drive, for example the SmartDisk FireLite 80GB FireWire drive looks good, however i dont know if an external hard drive would allow me to play music, and allow music to go to my ipod when both are connected to my ibook; bearing in mind i would want to use the firewire for tranffering my music as its a lot quicker. (However i dont know if this is possible, as it didnt seem to be made clear?!)
Not being a 'tekkie' - i dont even know if i can buy a bigger interal hard drive for it?? I know from looking at the store that i can buy more memory something like 512MB, however i know this isnt very big - and even what it would do to my ibook.
If i brought an external hard drive can it link my - music, itunes and ipod all at the same time?
Can i buy internal memory for my ibook?
If i brought the external memory would it be better than the interal memory that would slot under the keyboard?
Sorry for the long winded post i really didnt know how else to put it.
Help would be much aprechiated,
Ash
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Hi Ashlee,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
You may be talking about hard drive storage rather then memory ( RAM (Random Access Memory). Technically, they are both memory, but to differentiate between the two; most use the terms hard drive storage and RAM.
I suggest getting a external hard drive over getting an internal installed because you risk complications. No matter who opens your iBook, you risk having future problems. The other reason is that its great for backing up your internal hard drive. One should always backup their hard drive just incase anything happens to your computer. One can't predict the day when a friend trips over their own feet; knocking your iBook on the floor with a huge crash. The most annoying thing to carry around when traveling is the Mac OS X install discs. I hate bringing them with me because I am in constant fear that I will loose them. The reason I bring them with me is because if something happens while I am away, I can troubleshoot my problem. I can startup from the install disc and then run Disk Utility, Archive and Install, Erase, and partition my hard drive. Once someone has a problem on the road; they will never leave their house without the discs. Instead of carrying around those discs, I partitioned one of my external hard drives into three sections, one for backup (140Gb), one for Mac OS X Tiger (10Gb), and the last one is for Panther (10Gb. I gave my girlfriend an iBook and she has Panther on it). This means I am equipped to startup my computer without using my internal drive.
Have you ever lost your iTunes library or your TurboTax data? Well, by backing up your hard drive (internal to external), you can save all your vital data incase something happens. You will find it a life saver if anything ever happens.
If you are looking into external hard drives, I suggest anything from LaCie, SmartDisk, or Western Digital
I recommend the LaCie D2 Hard Drive Extreme w/ Triple Interface, SmartDisk CrossFire, or the WD Dual Option.
I use a SmartDisk CrossFire for both my iTunes library as well as my iPhoto library. If you need help moving your iTunes library you might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #301748 explains How to Move Your iTunes Library.
If you truly want an internal hard drive put into your iBook, you can get it done by an outside company like PowerBookResQ. It will cost you $350 instead of $160 for the external. With the external like the CrossFire, you get 160Gb, 2 FireWire Ports (so when your hard drive is plugged in you can still use FireWire), USB 2.0, and more at a lower price.
If you want to upgrade your RAM; I suggest getting it at Crucial.com because they have a guide and a pretty good return policy.
Would you like some recommendations for external hard drives? Do you want a portable hard drive (smaller/thinner/lighter/less power vs slightly bigger/more power/more storage/storage per gigabytes is cheaper).
Jon
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