New eMac owner, looking to upgrade
Just picked up an eMac last week. It's my first Mac and I'm really enjoying it so far. I am looking to do a few upgrades though.
It has the small 40GB HD which I'd like to replace with either a 250 or 320GB.
- What do I need to look for? Will a HD like this one work?
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=322702 9&CatId=523
I'd also like to bump up the RAM. Any PC2700/3200 will do correct? Is 2GB a gamble or is it alright to go that big.
Oh and the Superdrive is really noisy, should I be concerned and swap it out or just leave it be?
Thanks in advance for any help!
I suppose you could, but the enclosure will run you only about $30 and not only will it make the transfer much easier since it will save you all that time reinstalling the OS, updates, security patches, etc. etc. but will give you a place to continue to use the internal drive you pulled out of the eMac. Otherwise that internal drive will just go to waste.
I don't know if your new Superdrive will just show up natively under the OS and you will be all set and can boot the computer off the install CDs. Hopefully it will.
But if it doesn't, then you will have to re-open the eMac, put the original Combo drive back in, close it up, boot from the install CDs, install the OS, shut down, open the eMac again, swap the optical drives, close it up for the third time, then boot and install whatever you need to get the new Superdrive working.
Just to give you an idea, I swapped the hard drive in my eMac once using the method of first cloning the old drive to the new drive in an enclosure. Total time to open eMac, swap hard drives (including putting the old one in the enclosure), close eMac and start booting again was about 45 minutes taking my time. If you have to do it three times that's about 2 hours and 15 minutes of opening and closing not counting the time it takes to install the OS on the new drive (say 15-30 minutes not including time to download and install various updates and security patches). So getting close to 3 hours.
Just my opinion of course, but the $30 seems cheap compared to that sort of aggrivation.
Patrick
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