I replaced the main (lower) internal drive of my "Macmini2,1" with a 500 Gig Western Digital drive. Since my Optical drive had crapped out, and I had already replaced it with an external Pioneer DVD drive, I considered purchasing the adapter shown here:
http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/12-7-mm-Optical-Bay-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/IF107-079
In the end, I decided against it, and used an external drive case I already had lying around.
What I would like to know (for future reference) is...
Has anybody replaced the optical drive with a 9.5 or 12.5 mm tall HDD and _
NOT_ had to use the above mentioned adaptor?
How did it work?
Was yours a good or bad experience?
Any not-so-obvious things to look out for?