Gerald E. Uhlan" wrote: >From what I've been reading about them here on this list previously, other >generic laptop CD drives will work, but with one major drawback - you won't >be able to boot your iMac from a CD. Otherwise it will function normally. >If you have to spend $200 anyway for a new one, you might as well get one of >the new MCE internal CDRW drives made just for the tray-loading iMacs. They >are bootable, and you get a CD burner as well.
I failed to mention I could boot from the DVD drive which I got for only $29.50 at a local PC surplus shop. The standard CD bezel didn't fit but it doesn't look bad having a black colored CD in a Blueberry iMac. Charlie -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
