[G4] Re: G4] optical drive failure

[John Baltutis]

On 06/05/06, James Asherman <jimash at optonline.net> wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2006, at 12:14 PM, dapper dan wrote:
>
>> im curious how often these go out? my drive no long accepts cds into
>> it so im making the assumption i need a new one.
>
> My experience about 18 months to two years.

Interesting comment. The one which came with my G4, 450 MP, Gigabit Ethernet
machine's worked without problems since buying it in Oct, 2000, as has the Que
Fire! external.