on 9/2/03 6:14 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 03:29 PM, Damon Blythe wrote: > >> okay, so how do I know that the drive is "bootable"? Arn't all cd >> drives >> bootable? Coming from the PC world that I am they all are, so forgive >> my >> ignorance...
Not all CD-ROMs/CD-RWs are PC bootable either! (trust me -- I've complained many a time about the cheap crap most no-name PCs manufacturers put in their PClones). > No. Not all of them. A good place to look would be in the list of > supported drive mechanism's in the iTunes pages at apple. AFAIK, those > are bootable. Simplest method of course, is to try it and see if it > boots. I would check out reports in the www.xlr8yourmac.com drive database. They have an *exhaustive* list of reports about SCSI/FireWire/USB/IDE CD-RWs, CD-ROMs, DVD-RWs, etc. and how compatible they are with a whole slew of computers. What I did when I bought my CD-RW is go into the store, ask them what CD-RW it was they were selling (a Sony 24/10/40), had the store clerk check out www.xlr8yourmac.com for me, and discovered (to my pleasure) that it was 100% compatible with my B&W G3 and booted beautifully (caveat -- it has to be the *exact* model b/c there were other very closely related models which caused people headaches). >> Also, I read somewhere that I should probably have at least .5 >> gigs of memory in the machine. Do apples run well with an "odd" amount >> (say >> 768 or 256+256+128)? Yep, you could even do 64 + 32 + 128. >> Will 512 megs be enough? or should I plop down for another 256? I >> don't plan >> on running many "powerful" apps. Mostly internet browsing (somtimes >> 5-10 >> windows open), email, and word processing. I like a fast resonding >> machine >> though. > > 512 is a workable amount for OSX. Stated minimum is 128, the really > usable minimum is 256, imo. IMNSHO 384 is the minimum but that's splitting hairs (256 is good enough for heavy web browsing and light office productivity but not much more). 0.5 GB is good unless you plan to run two or more of Photoshop/video editing/Virtual PC stuff ALL the time!!! Eric. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
