Sometime around 2008 and with the advent of the first MacBook Air, Apple made the declarative statement that the end was in sight for optical drives built into its notebooks. At the time, the lack of ...

I'm looking for an optical drive to replace the combo drive on a Powerbook G4 867Mhz (Titanium).<BR><BR>Looking at eBay auctions for replacements, they are often very vague, saying a drive fits _ALL_ ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts with laptops equipped with unused optical drives may be interested in a new modification which allows you to install your very own mini PC directly into the slot. Created by ...

One truism about computer hardware is that, once purchased, it immediately starts falling behind the leading edge of the technology curve. Consider the Dual-2.0GHz Power Mac G5 I purchased in ...

Consumers now have the right to repair and replace optical drives from any video games console that utilizes such drives. Thanks to proponents like iFixit and The Repair Association, the Library of ...

Specifically I'd like a single battery pack in place of the optical drive and existing internal battery to avoid the discharge-the-bay-battery-first issue Thinkpads have.<BR><BR>I know such a product ...

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...