15 GB Hard Drive?

[jmedina]

I am thinking of getting a ibook. I found one for only $200 with 384 MB. The only disadvantage is that it has a 15 GB Hard Drive. Is that too small to run OS X?

 

[PC eye]

Spend a little more for some more memory as well as a larger drive or replace the 15gb with a larger model. The drive is large for the OS X but won't leave room for too much else.

 

[jmedina]

How much do you think it will cost to upgrade the Hard Drive?

 

[PC eye]

For that you would have to check newegg for depending size, type(ide or sata), and availabilty by brand as well. The specifications will show that to be an ide model obviously due to the small size.

The cheapest are also the generally the cheapest made Hitachi and Toshiba 40gb models seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&N=2010150380+1035907889+1309721212&name=40GB

Since you will most likely want some space the 80gb models go for about $60 and offer a wider range by brand at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&N=2010150380+1035907889+1309721214&name=80GB

For a dual boot of OSs you would then want a larger drive to start with depending on how many programs you intend to add as well as spliting a drive up. Note that sata models for laptops/notebooks see a higher price as a rule. First look at the specifications however to verify the present drive simply isn't an earlier smaller sized sata before deciding on any.

 

[SirKenin]

Leopard reqs are as follows:

G4 or G5 over 867 MHz
512MB of memory
DVD drive for installation
9GB of available disk space

 

[jmedina]

I would be running 10.3 though. But still it is too small of drive.

 

[SirKenin]

It's too small of everything. It's not worth that kind of money.

 

[jmedina]

You have a point. I was looking at one with 256 MB,Airport Card,30 GB Hard Drive for $275 before tax. Worth it?

 

[SirKenin]

More worth it than that bucket of screws in your OP I would say Just add more RAM and you're golden

 

[PC eye]

If you can find any newer at a low price you would be even better off in the long run since that would give you more options.

 

[jmedina]

I made the same mistake with my Thinkpad. I bought it over the summer and now I am retiring it.

 

[SirKenin]

I made the same mistake with my Thinkpad. I bought it over the summer and now I am retiring it.

The mistake you made with the Stinkpad was buying a Stinkpad at all. They're absolute crap, as I'm sure you've figured out.

 

[PC eye]

I made the same mistake with my Thinkpad. I bought it over the summer and now I am retiring it.

You might want to rename that to "sink hole pad"! I don't find too many good laptops or notebooks but those take the cake! Of course I don't have $5000 or some out there figure to toss at an Alienware custom model either.

 

[jmedina]

It's true! It's a really bad laptop. I replaced the CMOS battery a few months ago and two weeks after I installed it I needed to replace it again. It is really loud too.

 

[PC eye]

The board is eating batteries! I ran into that crap on an Asus board a few builds back casuing a number of things to be seen. Time to dump it entirely!