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External DVD for a Macbook 3.1 (Late 2007) - how do I find a compatible drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1687664"><p>Let me make life a lot simpler for you -- call Apple and order the $20 Snow Leopard DVD. Unless your time and effort are worth nothing, this will save you a lot of effort and bother.</p><p></p><p>As for buying a drive that will work with your machine, most any USB-compatible third-party burner (that's not a Blu-Ray) should work fine. Because you're running a system that is so very, very outdated, I can't guarantee it, but for a very long time now nearly all optical disk burners "just work" with Macs using either the USB connector or FireWire if that's what the case they're in uses (as with mine).</p><p></p><p>I have to point out that upgrading to Snow Leopard, while a very very good idea for that machine, is about all that's worth doing on a machine that old. You'd really be better off with something made this decade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1687664"] Let me make life a lot simpler for you -- call Apple and order the $20 Snow Leopard DVD. Unless your time and effort are worth nothing, this will save you a lot of effort and bother. As for buying a drive that will work with your machine, most any USB-compatible third-party burner (that's not a Blu-Ray) should work fine. Because you're running a system that is so very, very outdated, I can't guarantee it, but for a very long time now nearly all optical disk burners "just work" with Macs using either the USB connector or FireWire if that's what the case they're in uses (as with mine). I have to point out that upgrading to Snow Leopard, while a very very good idea for that machine, is about all that's worth doing on a machine that old. You'd really be better off with something made this decade. [/QUOTE]
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