Hi Laura, I should have mentioned though that in all of my testing the external optical drives don't need to be Mac compatible. I purchased a cheap external USB DVD burner and it just works. Of course I can't guarantee that any drive will so you might want to buy locally, however the chances are pretty good that it will.
Regards, Chris. > From: Laura Webb <el...@iinet.net.au> > Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:20:08 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: Mac Box Set > > > Hi Chris > > That's very good news thank you. So far I've not seen any external > DVD drives that are Mac compatible but will now look a bit further. > > Regards > Laura > > On 16/12/2009, at 8:56 AM, Christopher S wrote: > > > Hi Laura, > > I can assure you you can install Mac OS X 10.6 via an external DVD > drive as > I had to 2 weeks ago due to an original MacBook's internal drive being > flaky. So you could still consider the external drive option - as you > can > get USB drives on eBay for around $60 or locally for a little bit more. > > Regards, > > Chris. > > >> From: Laura Webb <el...@iinet.net.au> >> Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:28:54 +0800 >> To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Subject: Re: Mac Box Set >> >> >> Thanks Alex. >> >> I did look at that option, particularly as my MacBook does not have a >> DVD burner only a DVD reader. I've been led to believe that it's not >> possible to use an external drive for an operating system upgrade. I >> would be interested to hear otherwise. >> >> Laura >> >> On 16/12/2009, at 7:57 AM, Alexander Hartner wrote: >> >> >> Why don't you get an external DVD drive and use the disks. Should be >> cheaper than either option >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 15 Dec 2009, at 23:46, Laura Webb <el...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> >>> Good morning all >>> >>> If there is anyone interested in purchasing a new Mac Box Set, at a >>> reduced price, please contact me off list. This includes the Snow >>> Leopard upgrade as well as iLife 09 and iWork 09. >>> >>> Because of a problem with my MacBook optical drive I am unable to >>> use the software, nor can I return it because, obviously, it has >>> been opened. To repair the optical drive will cost at least $350. >>> That, plus the cost of the software is almost half the cost of a >>> new MacBook!! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Laura >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
