Can Apple Imac's use any IDE Hard Drive?

[InsaneTBONE]

I want to know if Apple Imac's are able to use any type of IDE Hard Drive. I know a guy with one and his hard drive is fried so I was wondering if I could go and buy him an IBM and swap that in for him or do I have to get a specific brand of HD or do I have to get one off Apple?

Just so ya know i dont use Apple

Oh yeah I have been utterly enjoying the closed minded fool called Mastertech. He reminds me of some people who are involved in religion - they fight to the death even though there is factual and proven information against their cause.

And I own an Intel system, I would have gotten an AMD system but the Thunderbirds were not around, only the coppermines so I go for the fastest at the time.

But yeah any help towards the Imac problem is much appreciated.

 

[UsandThem]

<< Oh yeah I have been utterly enjoying the closed minded fool called Mastertech. He reminds me of some people who are involved in religion - they fight to the death even though there is factual and proven information against their cause. >>



You are just calling him out, eh?

I think you will get more flames than answers with this post.

 

[Belegost]

I guess he really is insane.

 

[murdock2525]

IDE is IDE go for it..................

 

[thorin]

Any IDE drive will work, just make sure you have your disktools (format/partition) software before you start the swap.

Thorin

 

[Oyeve]

Funny how macs are getting closer to becoming PCs.

 

[InsaneTBONE]

Yeah I know IDE is IDE but I thought it might have been possible that you need a IDE Drive that had been Mac &quot;enabled&quot; with the contoller on the IDE drive having been changed or something similar. Just like the GeForce 2 MX had to be Apple enabled by having the silicon slightly changed to be compatible.
Thanx for the help

 

[thorin]

&quot;Funny how macs are getting closer to becoming PCs. &quot;

Ummm Macs using IDE drives is nothing new. On one hand some people see their hardware as becoming more and more interchangable/customizable while on the other hand the standard (Wintel...PC) OS is becoming more and more MacOS like.

Thorin

 

[Oyeve]

Never said it was &quot;new&quot; thorin. Its just kinda cool how slowly things merge.