Post by: Spartacus on May 23, 2003, 07:56:52 AM
She's a PC users but when I let her play around with OS X a little bit she was so impressed that she instantly wanted a Mac.
Her budget is limited so I recommended the eMac.
The problem is that the entry-level eMac (800 MHz, 40 GB HD, 128 MB RAM, CD-drive) only has a CD-drive and not a CD/RW drive. The rest of the model is fine for her.
The DVD/CD-RW combo model is unfortunately about 200 Euros more expensive.
Therefore, I was thinking if it was possible to simply replace the original CD-drive by a third-party CD-RW drive. Is the eMac using a standard IDE optical drive? Is it technically possible?
Or is this all nonsense and an external CD-RW drive is the solution (pretty expensive, though)?
Thanks!
Post by: bil207 on May 23, 2003, 08:51:30 AM
You can get instructions on replacing the optical drive in the eMac here.
Post by: Mrious_be on May 23, 2003, 10:20:25 AM
QUOTE(Spartacus @ May 23 2003, 2:56 PM)
Or is this all nonsense and an external CD-RW drive is the solution (pretty expensive, though)?
That's what i would suggest Spartacus
Let your friend buy the first eMac if that's what he/she wants.
An external cd-rw can always bought a few months after, after he/she has enough money again.
And most of all (i have an external cd-writer) it's easier to have an external one, as you can make copies much easier that way.