I believe the cost of upping the machine to a CD RW is about $200, which is
the current going rate for an external CD RW drive of the same speed. So
cost isn't an issue, and I prefer to have to carry as little as possible in
my laptop bag. (I usually leave my 3400's Zip module and 2 spare batteries
behind if I'm only going out for a day or less.)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Schwarz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > I'd get the cD-RW iBook...if nothing else, you can BACK UP your stuff
> > that way, something I'll wager hasn't been done very often with that 540
> > of yours... That model is by far the most versatile of the iBook setups.
> > You don't think a CD-RW is useful now because I'll wager you don't have
> > one...I used to think that, now my CD-R is probably my most valued
> > peripheral (YOU have a hard drive go bad, and realiuze that _EVERYTHING_
> > is gone, and then heave a sigh of relief becasue you have a week-old
> > backup...)
> Actually, I back up my 540c over the network (onto my Q800) which has a
> Zip100 drive. I do have a CD-RW (but it's in a PC - yuk!), so I may opt
to
> get a Mac with one. I was just wondering whether it would be cheaper to
get
> an external CD-RW than spend the extra $$$ to Apple for one internally.
>
> > Don't buy more RAM from Apple, it's hideously expensive. Adding RAM is
> > an end-user task, doesn't void your warrantee, and is generally the one
> > place to save the most money.
> That's what I figured.
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