Don�t know if you can remove em or not. I would imagine some you could with some work. My Lacie DVD-R/RW doesn�t look like it will at all without possibly breaking something..
Its not always a driver issue with internal CDRW's. Often its the drives firmware that isnt compatible. I should boot up my G3 in Jaguar and see if I can still use my CRX1611 heh. Never got that far with it. Ive heard a bit about the lack of support for drives that fit in those bays too. Weird? It sucks hehe , I want the new Sony DVD-R that writes all 4 formats of DVD recordable (everything but the RAM) and has the burner at 24x10x40! But its IDE.. Check out the Lite On models that were mentioned in that quote I sent in from XLR8YourMac. > Firewire drives are SO expensive... why so expensive? Are there any > cheap ones? > > And WTF is with all the driver issues with internal CDRWs? Would it be > possible to get a FireWire CDRW, remove the drive from the case, and > sell the case? > > Seriously, now that Mac users have a second optical drive bay > (FINALLY!) they're gonna want to put a CDRW in there... I can see how > drive makers don't care about Mac support since Macs make up a small > percentage of the market and very few Mac users buy regular drives, but > what about Apple? How do they get off so easy without writing drivers > for CDRW drives? I even heard a number of reports of people having > drives that worked in 10.1 but not in 10.2... now they're removing > support for third party hardware? It's just weird. > > I wonder how much it would cost to get an Apple branded drive. Of > course, it'll be slow, and overpriced, but at least it'll work. Or > maybe I should try to find a place that has a money back guarantee, so > I can return it if it doesn't work. > -- Chris http://www.towelhead.net http://www.mp3.com/stemcellvirus http://www.mp3.com/towelhead -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
