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From: Larry Gusaas on 30 Oct 2009 16:07
On 2009/10/30 1:52 PM J.J. O'Shea wrote:
> I'd prefer a drive with Mac software and a FireWire
> connection instead of USB. Anyone have any good candidates? About the only
> one I can see is a LaCie box, and the USB-only version of that costs about
> twice what the Lite-On cost.
>

Check out Other World Computing. They have firewire drives starting at
US $ 84.99.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/


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From: Richard Maine on 31 Oct 2009 02:21
Bream Rockmetteller <bream-dot.rockmetteller-at(a)mac-dot.com> wrote:

> They bought me an iMac at work a few years ago and the spring seems to
> have broken on the optical drive so that, in general, it works, but you
> just can't get the disc out.

I have a CD player in one of my cars like that. Oh, I'm sure I could get
the CD out, but the odds of ever getting another one in afterwards don't
seem so good. :-( It was a good CD, but getting a bit boring. :-) We
don't tend to use the CD player much any more anyway. Sure isn't worth
what it would cost to get it replaced (being a built in one).

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From: Larry Gusaas on 31 Oct 2009 21:23
On 2009/10/31 6:43 PM nospam(a)see.signature (Richard Maine) wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Why go through Apple when you can do it yourself much cheaper? OWC sells
>> replacement SuperDrives for Mac minis for $88:
>>
>> <http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/mac-mini/superdrive/>
>>
>
> Note he said iMac. While it might be the same drive (I didn't check, but
> it is likely), replacing the drive in an iMac isn't entirely trivial.
> Doable, but not trivial. I did open up one of my iMacs once, but I'd be
> hesitant to recommend it to someone else who wasn't already confident
> about it (i.e. anyone who would need a recommendation from me.)
>
> I've opened up minis a few times (mostly to upgrade ram); it's easier.
>

OWC has no listings for SuperDrives for Intel iMacs. In contrast to the
price for a Mini, a replacement for my MacBook would cost US $159.99


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"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese
From: George Kerby on 2 Nov 2009 09:54



On 11/1/09 1:06 PM, in article schram-A3EA56.11061701112009(a)news.aioe.org,
"Chris Schram" <schram(a)webenet.net> wrote:

> In article <C712F223.37A09%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>,
> George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Our iMac G5 throws the disk out so forcefully that I shout "PULL!" before it
>> ejects.
>
> That brought back a fond (?) memory. Remember Zip drives? I still have a
> few around the house, one of which lives on an old Performa and gets
> used maybe once a year. That particular drive ejects its disk completely
> out of the drive and onto the table.
>
> And so the topic drifts.
<G!>

From: John Smith on 2 Nov 2009 11:41
Chris Schram wrote:
> That brought back a fond (?) memory. Remember Zip drives? I still have a
> few around the house, one of which lives on an old Performa and gets
> used maybe once a year. That particular drive ejects its disk completely
> out of the drive and onto the table.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MfM4j09ME
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