Upgrade internal hard disk on ibook G4

Question

Hello,
I am interested in upgrading the internal hard disk of my ibook G4 from 40GB to something better. Is there an Apple service centre in bangalore, India which will do the upgrade? what manufacturer/model# of HDD will be suitable for my 2005 ibook G4?
Can I run Aperture/Adobe photoshop on the same as in will the system be suitable for that application? I have 1.5 GB ram and an external display attached to the laptop.
thanks
-kamal

Answer 1

The words you quoted are supposed to usually mean they
have "service" or access to someone who would be able
to repair or upgrade a computer within Apple specs; those
are usually authorized to do the work, but not Apple.
Some companies doing that kind of work, who don't have
a staff repair service, may collect those for repair and an
other company may pick them up for off-site service.
In some areas, with more than one company listed in the
page resource I cited, some of them are product specialists
and know the line of portable computer very well, so they
would be able to do most things and check it thoroughly.
But those who do not really work on the computer in their
store or attached service (having none) should be checked
into more carefully to discover what they do/where it's done.
The post linked to in your earlier inquiry, where someone
replied to you there with three links to web pages of info,
is worth considering; in that these kinds of jobs can be
tedious and take a great attention to detail with care to not
damage the fine wires and parts inside these portables.
And a skilled tech, with that kind of information, may be
able to replace an iBook's hard disk drive; but some who
only work on Windows OS & PC hardware may be lacking.
Especially when it comes to moving the contents of the
existing drive (or just migrating existing user accounts, etc)
from the old hard drive into a new system installed on the
new replacement hard disk drive.
Some areas of the world are harder to find the resource to
get a job done correctly; when an old iBook portable I had
for a time needed a reed-switch and cable replaced to fix
a display defect when the lid was opened/closed, I ended
up sending the iBook from AK to SC. (Across the continent.)
No body did the work in my area, or if they really did, charged
more than twice what I paid including shipping it both ways.
More than 5,000 miles. Since then, sold, the iBook still works.
Unfortunately sometimes good qualified service is where
you find it after some effort of looking; where I live by some
comparison, has almost no people; just great natural beauty.
Hopefully someone or another you contact can refer you to
a reasonably fine shop of careful people who are qualified.
You may have to ask around, and perhaps expect the iBook
to be transported miles to some other facility for that job.
PS: are there any indications of an "apple user group" of
interested owners who have, use and meet to discuss their
shared community of those interests, in your area? If so,
sometimes people who get together like that know more.
Good luck & happy computing!