[G4] Replacing a combo drive in a G4 867 DP MDD with a superdrive.

[Herbert N. Alexander]

Sandor:

I am the second person I know who has received this response from 
someone at the Apple Store. My friend has a G4 450 and bought one of 
the Pioneer superdrives. Based on Apple's response, he put in in a 
firewire enclosure. The representative said firmly that my G4 would not 
recognize the superdrive. He said nothing about supporting or not 
supporting such an action.  Call the Apple Store yourself and see what 
response you get. Perhaps these representatives are simply ignorant but 
I think it's a marketing ploy.  Apple wants to sell computers! If my 
friend and I can modify our G4's to make them better suit our needs, 
Apple loses business.  Search the Apple Store for superdrives. I have 
done this several times and I notice they don't sell them separately.

Herbert


On Friday, Jul 11, 2003, at 19:55 US/Pacific, sr ferenczy wrote:

> i dont think any knowledgeable person at apple ever said you couldnt 
> do this.  they just will not support such an action. if this is wrong, 
> include a link...
>
> sandor
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