[G4] Re: G4] optical drive failure

[James Asherman]

On Jun 5, 2006, at 5:22 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> 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.
> _______________________________________________


To be fair I've had 3 since 2001. Only one really failed.