Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I just got a combo drive from a friends newer Ibook that died >and I'd like to install it in my Ibook. >I have an earlier model 500 MHz Dual USB and was wondering,. >did all of them have the DVD decoder on the motherboard, or >just the DVD drive equipped models. All dual-USB and later iBooks can playback DVDs if equipped with a suitable optical drive. So yes, you can swap in that combo drive and your iBook with then be able to playback DVDs.
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