Size of new hdd in Powerbook Titanium 800GHz?

Hi,
how much disk size does my Powerbook G4 Titnium with 800GHz support? Right now there is a 40GB disk installed and I want to replace it with a new one.
Regards, Torsten

Hi tjk (and Torsten),
There are now 160Gb drives available that work with Titanium Powerbooks, according to reports online at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com.
Torsten, good luck. It's fairly easy to change the drives (I upgraded mine on the floor of a japanese youth hostel once, only took 10 minutes).

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Welcome to Apple Discussions.
So I just bought a new HDD for my Powerbook and I am going to install it myself.
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