Thanks Chris. I've got a standard external Samsung DVD drive here that I use for a Windows netbook and I assume something like that would work fine - it would only be for loading software and watching the odd movie. Maybe I'm being overly nervous.
Rob ----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie On 16 August 2013 15:33, Chris Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > > Occasionally there are still some of the Mid to Late 2011 Model iMacs on > the Apple refurb store at > http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/imac although they > are getting rarer. The new thin iMacs are ok and pretty reliable although > only the 27" is upgradeable and even then, only the RAM. > > Just an opinion, but the slimline optical drives are possibly the most > unreliable piece of kit I've ever come across - even worse than SyQuest > Drives and that's saying something. > > I always use a 5.25" External Optical drive when I need one. > > *Chris Webb .* Principal > *MacService* > Woodside, Brightling Road > Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL > t: 01580 881212 > f: 01580 881313 > m: 07770 960632 > e: [email protected] > w: www.macservice.co.uk > facebook: www.facebook.com/macserviceuk > > > > > On 16 Aug 2013, at 15:26, Nigel Proctor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Solutions and John Lewis might have some left... > > Nigel > > Nigel Proctor > H T White & Co Ltd > [email protected] > 07792000619 > ....sent from iPhone > > > On 16 Aug 2013, at 15:22, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it still possible to buy these? I had a look at one of the new skinny > iMacs yesterday (no disk drive, that one) and thought that I actually > preferred the previous model with the Superdrive built in. Just 'felt' more > substantial. > > Rob > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > Twitter: @robbeattie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
