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Thanks MrNivit1! I went to Best Buy and bought not just one, but 2 new drives (Seagate 120 GB - Ultra ATA 100) and all seems well with the world, though I was worried I couldn't find an Ultra ATA (they had a few among dozens of SATA's). You were right - the "data only" drive popped up as soon...

I am so happy - it is just a dead drive! Thank the Lord for Carbon Copy Cloner!!! Becasue without it a dead drive would have been a disaster. I finally got the bad drive to boot and while I was at it I ran Disk Utility. It said my internal drive reported a fatal hardware error and to get busy...

P.S. I have never needed this, but isn't there some way to boot my Mac in a "safe mode" and run some sort of fix disk command? Would that be worth trying? Help on that would also be appreciated, but mainly I want to get it running from that firewire drive!

My G4 DP 1 GHZ for the first time in 4 years froze earlier this week and again tonight (I just ran the latest 10.3 upgrade - that will teach me I guess). Problem is this time it will not restart and I get the flashing ? icon. I ran the hardware CD and no problems detected there. I have a...

All in all, this line is something I could see a lot of people being happy with for the price. Too bad the lowest model didn't break below the $1000 limit - that would have been something. Dumb question please - the one thing that has always confused me about this level Book is hooking them up...

This "theory" makes no sense - without an OS of it's own, Apple is what? A software company (iLife, FCP...)? A hardware company with no clear advantage over cheapo Dell's other than physical design? A MP3 player company? I would think the opposite is happening here (in a strategic sense). Macs...

Cool and thanks for the direct link! $199 is fair enough for FCP... I mean FCS!!! :)

I can see myself doing this (having a dual boot Mac), but it just doesn't seem right... I am so used to my Macs running this beautiful powerful OS, so to see the same machine now run Windows is, well, it seems a sin and an insult to the Mac! I may just keep my cheap PC on the side! Then again...

I have an academic version of FCP HD on my G4 DP 1 GHz and I am worried about how it will run on an Intel Mac and/or if I can upgrade to a newer version built for Intel. $1k is real money to me and FCP seems like a complex app that may not "emulate" (or whatever you call it) well. Any ideas out...

Hey, I had to wake up the old thread, but I was just at Ikea's site and, no their kitchen planner software (which is actually pretty darn cool) does not run on a Mac, but the download page does say: "PC running Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT or ME Pentium class processor with at least 128 MB of RAM...

P.S. Right after I posted my last message I did a little search and (sorry, don't have the link), I read another forum post describing that when these drives have problems it is most often with the Firewire controller, not the actual drive going bad. So, if it comes down to your not being able...

Hi granthac. FYI, I own two of these (250 GB) and though I have never had a problem (a little over a year old), I recently was going to buy an extra new drive or two, but read opnions from people about these drives having some problems. Maybe a call to Lacie would be worth the trouble? They will...

It's true elander- these films are amazing for how well they have lasted. I have actually treated and cleaned them all with a preservative and will keep them until some youngster in the family proves worthy of taking it all over. In effect, they are my primary back up! I honestly think they can...

Yea, but this will be the loooonnnng haul for my Mom - remember, she still has her Cube and before that I think she had an LC II!!! I don't like the idea of her buying a computer that is on the way out - especially in terms of software. I put this intel change up there with the PowerPC and OS X.

Okay, I think I got it. If Mom can pop for the Power Book Pro, it is hers or she can wait for an intel iBook. No G4's or G5's. Dad should get an iMac and buy Office - I may not even mention that he is not running Office "native" and he'll never know the difference! Thanks!

Yes, if I could write 50 GB to some kind of disk like Blu-ray, I would only need 3 discs for the whole batch and could make multiple batches. I have nothing but time, so why not wait? :)

Thanks all - great advice. I'm going for redunancy all around. DVD-R (thanks for the UDF format tip ElDiablo), Mini-DV tapes and a few extra drives. Since I am on my 12th Mac, moving around old files is something I actually enjoy whenever I get a new computer. You know what is really funny...

Thanks! Very good points all! Office on Rosetta vs. Cube - no contest! I'm not sure she can wait 8 months, but the Mac Book Pro may be it. So, what about Dad? New switcher, but will only want to buy software once, so Office on Rosetta may not be a good idea. I think he should just wait - heck...