• Storage Capacity: 160 GB
• Rotation Speed: 5400 RPM
• Drive Interface: PATA
• Form Factor: 2.5"
• Type: HDD

🔹 Technical Overview

• Designed for notebooks/laptops of the mid-2000s.

• Used the PATA/IDE interface, which by then was being replaced by SATA.

• Transfer mode supported: Ultra ATA/100 (100 MB/s theoretical max).

• Positioned as a compact, quiet, and low-power storage solution at the time.

• Compared to today’s SATA drives or SSDs, it’s relatively slow, but for its era it was a decent performer.

  
  

  📊 Quick Comparison Table

  Feature	Specification
  Capacity	160 GB
  Speed	5,400 RPM
  Cache	8 MB
  Interface	IDE / PATA (Ultra ATA/100)
  Physical Size	2.5″ (9.5 mm height)
  Series	SpinPoint M5 / M5P

  
  
  
  

   THIS DRIVE WILL WORK AND BE SUPPORTED BYN THE NEXT MACS:

  
  

  PowerBook G4 (Aluminum models) – 2003 to 2006

  • Introduced January 2003 (the first Apple notebooks with ATA-6).

  • Models:

    • PowerBook G4 12″ (2003–2006)

    • PowerBook G4 15″ Aluminum (2003–2005)

    • PowerBook G4 17″ (2003–2005)

  
  

  iBook G4 – 2003 to 2005

  • All iBook G4 models used Ultra ATA/100 drives.

  • Models:

    • iBook G4 12″ (2003–2005)

    • iBook G4 14″ (2003–2005)

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  ⚠️ LIMITED SPEED

  • Earlier laptops (like iBook G3, Titanium PowerBook G4, and PowerBook G3)  

  • PowerBook G3 (Pismo) – 2000

    • Last of the G3 PowerBooks (FireWire model).

    • Came with ATA/66 for the internal hard drive.

    
    

    PowerBook G4 (Titanium) – 2001 to 2002

    • All Titanium PowerBook G4 models (400 MHz up to 1 GHz) used ATA/66.

    • These were Apple’s first G4 laptops before the Aluminum redesign.

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    ⚠️ Important Notes

    • Earlier PowerBooks (pre-2000) → Used ATA/33 or even older interfaces (some used SCSI).

    • Later iBooks (G3 Dual USB, 2001–2002) → Topped out at ATA/66 as well.

    • Aluminum PowerBook G4 (2003) and iBook G4 (2003) moved up to ATA/100 (ATA-6).

    • Once Apple transitioned to Intel in 2006, laptops switched to SATA, leaving ATA behind.

      
      

      1️⃣ ATA/33 (Ultra ATA/33)

      • iBook G3 “Clamshell” (1999–2001)

        • Original iBook 12″ and 14″ models.

        • First laptops with IDE drives in Apple’s consumer line.

      • PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard & Lombard) (1997–1999)

        • Preceding Pismo, used ATA/33 or earlier.

      
      

      Notes: These laptops were limited to 33 MB/s transfer, using 40-wire ribbon cables.

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      2️⃣ ATA/66 (Ultra ATA/66)

      • PowerBook G3 “Pismo” (2000)

      • PowerBook G4 Titanium (2001–2002)

      • iBook G3 Dual USB revision (2001–2002)

      
      

      Notes:

      • Maximum 66 MB/s transfer.

      • Required 80-wire ribbon cables for optimal performance.

      • Backward compatible with ATA/33 drives (limited to 33 MB/s).

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      3️⃣ ATA/100 (Ultra ATA/100 / ATA-6)

      • Aluminum PowerBook G4 (2003–2006)

        • 12″, 15″, 17″ models.

      • iBook G4 (2003–2005)

        • 12″ and 14″ models.

      
      

      Notes:

      • Maximum 100 MB/s transfer.

      • Also required 80-wire cable.

      • Compatible with ATA/66 and ATA/33 drives at lower speeds.

        
        

        
        

        🔹 Summary Table

        ATA Type	Max Transfer	Apple Laptop Models
        ATA/33	33 MB/s	iBook G3 (Clamshell, 1999–2001), PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard & Lombard (1997–1999)
        ATA/66	66 MB/s	PowerBook G3 Pismo (2000), PowerBook G4 Titanium (2001–2002), iBook G3 Dual USB (2001–2002)
        ATA/100 / ATA-6	100 MB/s	Aluminum PowerBook G4 (2003–2006), iBook G4 (2003–2005)