Hi Laura, external DVD drives are generic, they work on Macs and PCs equally. Alternatively, if you live anywhere near East Perth I could lend you mine to try installing. cheers, Susan.
On 16/12/2009, at 9:32 AM, Christopher S wrote: > > 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> > -- 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>
