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Mac iBook G4 HDD Replacement

http://www.faqintosh.com/risorse/en/guides/hw/ibook/g4hd/
 
I've replaced many HDD's in PC's so figured it couldn't be that hard in this Mac. Even old PC laptops have fairly easily access for HDD since it is such an integral part to actually making the system function. After about 5 million screws & 20 minutes of working on this thing I finally had to find the article linked to above to help me figure out why I was failing so hard. I was sure that I was making it much harder than what was necessary. To my surprise I was right on track.
 
Another 10 minutes I had the drive out. Thankfully Mac has seen the error of their ways & have made HDD's on their new Intel based laptops accessible by taking out the battery & removing a plastic divider.