60 GB Hard Drive for Powerbooks Trans Intl. today announced the online availability of a new high capacity 2.5 inch 60 GB [Giga-byte], 5400 rpm hard disk drive for expanding the internal storage of Apple PowerBooks and PC Notebooks. With the availability of this new drive, Apple PowerBook users can maximize the internal storage capacity of their systems... up to 60 GB at the fastest possible data transfer rate an internal 2.5 inch drive can deliver (a 25% capacity increase over the previous generation notebook drives, but without additional power consumption). The low power consumption is enabled on the drive by Adaptive Battery Life Extender (ABLE) technology, offering notebook customers the longest battery life of all leading notebook hard drives on the market. This new 60 GB drive has unique performance features superior to other drives currently available: * The lowest drive latency of 5.5 in 2.5 inch drives (Which makes it the fastest drive currently available) * Delivering media transfer rates up to 262 Mbit/sec And the highest shock rating of 700 G/1 ms., non-operating shock, 150 G/2 ms, operating shock * Ultra DMA mode-5 maximum interface transfer rate ATA-5; 100 MB/sec This drive replaces the traditional ball bearing design with a fluid dynamic bearing spindle motor technology making it the quietest drive during read/write operation than its predecessors. The high speed and capacity of this drive helps provide higher quality digital audio and video, superior digital content creation capabilities, and significantly faster processing for data-intensive multimedia and internet applications. This new 60 GB 5400 RPM drive is also available as an external FireWire portable unit featuring the fastest sustained data transfer rate of [20-35 MB/s] enabled by an OXFORD 911 FireWire to IDE bridge chip. Please visit these pages for complete instructions on installing and upgrading RAM and the Hard Disk Drive in the PowerBook G4 [Titanium] and the PowerBook G3 [Pismo; Lombard and Wallstreet models] and iMac [233-333] Models. Installing RAM: Apple PowerBook G4 400-667 MHz [Titanium] Apple PowerBook G3 400-500 MHz [Pismo w/ FireWire Ports] Apple PowerBook G3 350-400 MHz [Lombard or 1999] Apple PowerBooks G3 233-333 MHz [Wallstreet] Apple iMac 233-33 MHz Installing Hard Disk Drives in PowerBook G3s Specification and Features of Hard Disk Drive Capacity: 60 GB [Giga-byte] Seek time : 12 ms Spindle Speed: 5400 RPM Cache buffer: 2 Mb [Megabyte] Interface: ATA-5 [100 Mb/s] Warranty : Three Years Back