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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Broken Optical Drive - PB G4
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<blockquote data-quote="MunkeyQ" data-source="post: 1243367" data-attributes="member: 129637"><p>The combo drive in the PB G4 is a Panasonic CW-8123-C. Also used in a few high end Dell laptops.</p><p></p><p>If you search for the drive's model number rather than for a Powerbook G4 drive, you'll be able to get it a lot cheaper. Resellers tend to sell it as an Apple drive and triple the price.</p><p></p><p>Here's one that ended for $20 on Ebay:</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=370500153838&nma=true&rt=nc&si=jxBdrCAKYYlLi0AAxvlb0axZ9iQ%253D" target="_blank">Panasonic Apple 24X CD-RW/DVD IDE Slot Drive CW-8123-C | eBay</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MunkeyQ, post: 1243367, member: 129637"] The combo drive in the PB G4 is a Panasonic CW-8123-C. Also used in a few high end Dell laptops. If you search for the drive's model number rather than for a Powerbook G4 drive, you'll be able to get it a lot cheaper. Resellers tend to sell it as an Apple drive and triple the price. Here's one that ended for $20 on Ebay: [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=370500153838&nma=true&rt=nc&si=jxBdrCAKYYlLi0AAxvlb0axZ9iQ%253D]Panasonic Apple 24X CD-RW/DVD IDE Slot Drive CW-8123-C | eBay[/url] [/QUOTE]
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