Choosing, Installing, and Using a Hard Drive
Your Mac's hard drive is one of its most important devices, and its performance and operation have a major impact on the performance and operation of your system. At some point, you will probably want to increase the amount of hard disk space available to you. Adding more hard drive space is relatively simple in most cases, and offers many benefits to you.
Choosing a Hard Drive
When it comes to choosing a hard drive, you should consider the following factors:
Will your Mac support additional internal hard drives? If you use a G4 Power Mac or other desktop Mac, the answer to this question is yes. If you have an iMac, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook, or iBook, the answer is no.
Should you go with an external ...
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