eMac DvD player?

Gman2 · 22nd July 2009, 19:43

The kids school was selling off their eMAC OS X's for £40 last week so picked one up for the kids to mess with. First exposure to Apple Mac's and quite impressed especially Garageband! Anyway it has the front load CD-ROM but no DvD facility and I understand the best way is to attach an external player via the USB. Anyone any experience of this and what's a good setup?

GreyGhost · 22nd July 2009, 20:05

You may find that it only supports USB 1.1. Have a look under the Apple Menu/About this Mac/More Info. select USB on the left. the info will be in the right pane. If it says high speed bus then it is USB2 otherwise. Firewire is the best option IEEE 1394.
Plenty of cases with firewire capabiltity. Something like this.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-25-IDE-HDD-C...3A1%7C294%3A24
with a Pioneer 116D drive which is the Combo drive in most Macs.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...l_7fhlt4svi6_b

Gman2 · 22nd July 2009, 20:07

Cheers GG for your prompt response - I'll go research.

GreyGhost · 22nd July 2009, 20:10

That was just a quick search, I'm sure you can do better on the case price but the drive is dirt cheap.

salop75 · 25th July 2009, 15:02

The eMac's are rather nice, you bagged a bargain!

I bought some to put into a school recently(the kids prefer them and find OS X and the video/audio tools easy to use than the latest PC's they were given) and I gave my 5 yo daughter a 1.42ghz model which is quite capable of running Leopard, iTunes and the Cbeebies website. If you can bag a 1.42ghz model its the one to go for, it has the faster bus, can take 2Gb ram, has USB 2.0 and a decent video chip that supports Leopards video functions.

A quick google will turn up lots of sites with information about eMac's, this site is good and has some info and links that might be useful if you are feeling brave and want to open the unit up and replace the CD drive.

http://www.lbodnar.dsl.pipex.com/eMac/eMac-upgrade.html

22nd July 2009, 19:43	#1
Gman2 Posted a thing or two ZTT+ 1.8T, mgf 1.8 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Warrington Posts: 1,550 Thanks: 28 Thanked 65 Times in 42 Posts	eMac DvD player? The kids school was selling off their eMAC OS X's for £40 last week so picked one up for the kids to mess with. First exposure to Apple Mac's and quite impressed especially Garageband! Anyway it has the front load CD-ROM but no DvD facility and I understand the best way is to attach an external player via the USB. Anyone any experience of this and what's a good setup?

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GreyGhost Banned 180+ Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bedford Middle Level Posts: 17,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 5 Posts	You may find that it only supports USB 1.1. Have a look under the Apple Menu/About this Mac/More Info. select USB on the left. the info will be in the right pane. If it says high speed bus then it is USB2 otherwise. Firewire is the best option IEEE 1394. Plenty of cases with firewire capabiltity. Something like this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-25-IDE-HDD-C...3A1%7C294%3A24 with a Pioneer 116D drive which is the Combo drive in most Macs. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...l_7fhlt4svi6_b

22nd July 2009, 20:07	#3
Gman2 Posted a thing or two ZTT+ 1.8T, mgf 1.8 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Warrington Posts: 1,550 Thanks: 28 Thanked 65 Times in 42 Posts	Cheers GG for your prompt response - I'll go research.

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GreyGhost Banned 180+ Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bedford Middle Level Posts: 17,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 5 Posts	That was just a quick search, I'm sure you can do better on the case price but the drive is dirt cheap.

25th July 2009, 15:02	#5
salop75 Avid contributor Rover 75 2.5 Conn SE Saloon Auto Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shrewsbury Posts: 193 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The eMac's are rather nice, you bagged a bargain! I bought some to put into a school recently(the kids prefer them and find OS X and the video/audio tools easy to use than the latest PC's they were given) and I gave my 5 yo daughter a 1.42ghz model which is quite capable of running Leopard, iTunes and the Cbeebies website. If you can bag a 1.42ghz model its the one to go for, it has the faster bus, can take 2Gb ram, has USB 2.0 and a decent video chip that supports Leopards video functions. A quick google will turn up lots of sites with information about eMac's, this site is good and has some info and links that might be useful if you are feeling brave and want to open the unit up and replace the CD drive. http://www.lbodnar.dsl.pipex.com/eMac/eMac-upgrade.html