yeah, i was thinking of doing just that; but the neptune series from owc is quite compelling at their prices; and i already have an external cdrw (firewire) drive, so i wouldn't be swapping. thanks all! --alan On Jan 5, 2004, at 9:08 PM, John Murray wrote: > Alan: > > My .02 cents -- buy an enclosure and a drive > separately. I paid $50 for a firewire/usb2 external > enclosure. I have the option of popping in CDRW or any > IDE hard drive. > > Look at www.geeks.com for the external enclosure. If > you want FW only, its cheaper. > > Look at www.techbargains.com for cheap drives. >