Hi Susan
That's a lovely offer, thank you so much.
I could easily come to East Perth sometime when it suits you. I could
bring my MacBook and the Mac Box Set with me to make sure it is going
to work before perhaps borrowing your drive to complete the
installation. That would be so good.
Best wishes
Laura
On 16/12/2009, at 10:11 AM, Susan Hastings wrote:
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>
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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
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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
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