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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 01:29 PM
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Quick mac help plz

A friend of mine has a macbook air and needs a cheap cd/dvd drive. She is going through a divorce and cash is tight so emphasis on the "cheap". Will just any USB drive work or does she need something special for a mac? Feel free to offer up any links. Thanks in advance.
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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 01:45 PM
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What does she want to do with the CD/DVD drive? If it's just to back up data, have her get either a USB drive or external HDD.

Another option for backing up data is online sites like carbonite.

If she really wants a CD/DVD drive to burn music CDs and what not, there's this one from Amazon... http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Extern...6198568&sr=1-1
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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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Sell the mac, buy a pc w/ dvd drive.

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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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also, nudez bro?
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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 01:53 PM
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The external mac drive is $100.
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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by AZuser
What does she want to do with the CD/DVD drive? If it's just to back up data, have her get either a USB drive or external HDD.

Another option for backing up data is online sites like carbonite.

If she really wants a CD/DVD drive to burn music CDs and what not, there's this one from Amazon... http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Extern...6198568&sr=1-1
Yeah she has some software she needs that is on CD. I'll forward that to her.
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