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On a tangentially related note, a friend of mine is planning on putting an SSD into his PowerBook G4. Of course, those plans may be on hold as he claims to not
by Zev 16y ago
On a tangentially related note, a friend of mine is planning on putting an SSD into his PowerBook G4. Of course, those plans may be on hold as he claims to not use his computer much anymore, after getting an iPad.
- duskwuff 16y agoThat'll be kind of difficult. There are hardly any PATA SSDs available.
- Zev 16y agoThere are adaptors. And he works at a Mac repair shop, so, he's got all the tools and supplies he needs available to him.
- Ras_ 16y agoCheaper alternative to SSD: Compact Flash card with an adapter. I'm currently working on installing one into my iBook G4.
- Zev 16y agoThere's an idea! The last time I personally looked at CF cards was a few years ago. Back then, the theoretical max speed was "only" 66MB/s, which an SSD can easily top. However, it looks like the new theoretical max is 133MB/s, which is faster than many SSDs, especially after use without TRIM. says the wikipedia page for CompactFlash