Should work just fine, I would invest in Roxio Toast if the CD-RW/DVD drive does not come with its own mac software, if I were him. You can find some great deals on dealmac.com for combo drives already in firewire cases too. There may be, though its probably a stretch, firewire burners/dvd drives that are bus powered, if the portable issue is important to him. my 2 cents.... Al --- You wrote: My father is thinking of buying a firewire case and putting a CD-RW/DVD drive in it. Will any drive work with an iBook? Can he play DVD's from an external drive? --- end of quote ---