Will this drive work?

[Eric Lewis]

on a mac with 10.4(well an eMac with 512mb ram)

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10086623&catid=20236
or?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10086709&catid=20236

 

[Tumeg101]

on a mac with 10.4(well an eMac with 512mb ram)

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10086623&catid=20236
or?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10086709&catid=20236

I personally don't see why it wouldn't work, but I am no expert

 

[dmw007]

Looks like either drive should be compatible with your eMac.

 

[CanadaRAM]

In both cases, the drives do not come with Mac software. You will need to get Patchburn 3 at least to make them compatible with the iApps, or buy Toast.

The LG drive I have tested internally in a Quicksilver G4 and it was not bootable. It may be a problem with the Quicksilvers motherboard though - YMMV.

The External DVD unit is USB only, slower than Firewire and definitely not bootable.

Your other option is to get a Pioneer internal drive - they are bootable in most Macs. See more info at www.xlr8yourmac.com