Hi I have an eMac with DVDROM/CDRW and 40GB HD. I dont fancy ripping it apart and upgrading the internal drives, so want to go the firewire route as USB is too slow.
I have seen the firewire enclosures that fit one drive and these seem to work with the Mac. Would I be correct in thinking I can put a Pioneer DVD 109 drive in them for burning DVDs and this would work fine. I have also seen the firewire enclosures with more than one 5.25" slot (usually two or four bay) - they look like mini PC towers. Would this work on my eMac if I put in a DVD rewrite drive and installed a second hard drive (say 120GB) would this work fine. Then technically I would have an internal DVDROM/CDRW + internal 40GB hard drive, plus a DVDRW drive and additional 120GB hard drive. Would having two drives on one firewire cable, strain the eMac or cause any difficulties burning DVDs while using the second hard drive. I know from PC experience two drives on the same IDE cable can interfere and sometimes slow down each other when accessing both at the same time. Your help on this matter would be very much appreciated. Regards Simon Royal Web Blog - http://mjbsworld.tblog.com/ --- The box said "Requires Windows 2000, or better" so I bought an Apple Mac. ---- Message sent via Totalise Webmail - http://www.totalise.co.uk/ MAX Broadband 2Mb now just �17.99 a month plus 2 months free! -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
