Getting Optical Drive Software onto a rMBP

[PJ-Graphix]

Hello, i am still contemplating purchasing a rMBP. i know there are ways to get disc software onto a rMBP, like opting for the USB SuperDrive or purchasing a similar device on amazon for less money. and i have heard that if you have another computer on the same network you can "share" that computers optical drive...

my question is this. if i have a disc, for example, the adobe creative suite products, that is strictly for Mac computer. and i only have a pc available to put that disc in the optical drive, will the rMBP be able to use the contents of that disc, or will the fact that it is a MAC disc inside a PC mess up what i am trying to accomplish?

 

[GGJstudios]

my question is this. if i have a disc, for example, the adobe creative suite products, that is strictly for Mac computer. and i only have a pc available to put that disc in the optical drive, will the rMBP be able to use the contents of that disc, or will the fact that it is a MAC disc inside a PC mess up what i am trying to accomplish?

It should work just fine. Users of Macs without optical drives can either buy an Apple USB SuperDrive or use DVD or CD sharing via Remote Disc when they need access to an optical drive.

 

[crazyk4952]

Hello, i am still contemplating purchasing a rMBP. i know there are ways to get disc software onto a rMBP, like opting for the USB SuperDrive or purchasing a similar device on amazon for less money. and i have heard that if you have another computer on the same network you can "share" that computers optical drive...

my question is this. if i have a disc, for example, the adobe creative suite products, that is strictly for Mac computer. and i only have a pc available to put that disc in the optical drive, will the rMBP be able to use the contents of that disc, or will the fact that it is a MAC disc inside a PC mess up what i am trying to accomplish?

I got one of these from amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SE-20...id=1343411608&sr=8-3&keywords=samsung+usb+dvd). It works just fine and is a lot cheaper than an Apple SuperDrive.

 

[sparkie1984]

Hi guys,

So does this mean I can put an internal drive from my mac pro into an enclosure then plug it into the rmbp?

(I want to sell the pro as soon as laptop arrives)

 

[terraphantm]

Hi guys,

So does this mean I can put an internal drive from my mac pro into an enclosure then plug it into the rmbp?

(I want to sell the pro as soon as laptop arrives)

You probably could. Though I think you'd be better off getting a notebook drive in an enclosure just so you can power it off the USB port.

 

[sparkie1984]

You probably could. Though I think you'd be better off getting a notebook drive in an enclosure just so you can power it off the USB port.

Ah good idea!

So I can get any bluray notebook one and it'll allow me to keep using makemkv eg ?