Miche, (and all) thanks for the info on the
tray-loaders. I don't want to have to replace the
internal CD, and if an external drive is going to
slow down the kids' games (as most need CDs to
play) then it might not be the greatest set up -
plus the iffy-ness on booting from the external drive.
I'll keep shopping.
Thanks for all the info (and the extra comments on
iMacs with and without firewire... I happen to
have the slot loader that does not have firewire).
Kathy K
G4 Quicksilver
Blueberry iMac
Sage iMac
Miche Doherty wrote:
On 20 Jun 2005, at 9:53 pm, Kathy Kotomaimoce wrote:
I've been looking for a cheap older iMac - just to designate it the OS
9 machine, for older kids' games. Found one locally here -
unfortunately I don't have all the specs, (I haven't seen it yet) but
it is an 'original tray-loading iMac', so I'm sure that narrows it
down a lot. There is an issue with the CD drive - the tray no longer
works. Seller thinks the whole drive needs replacing. I have an
external CD drive (sony spressa) - would that work for any software
installs I need to do? (Can I boot from a system disk on external
drive if necessary?) Is it fairly easy to replace the CD drive (and
reasonably cheap!)?
All the tray-loaders have USB 1 and no Firewire. If your external drive
is USB, you should have no problem installing apps or copying data from
CD, but AFAIK you can't boot these Macs from a USB drive.
You might find this page useful:
http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/tray-up.html
Miche.
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