[joao292201]

Hi again,

I intend to buy a second hand clamshell, and I would also consider to buy a new external USB DVD/ CD-RW to use with it.

Have anyone tried to use an USB CDRW-DVD combo in any of the clamshells?

Which models? (300 or 366mhz?)

How was the playback of movies? (Salving the size of screen and resolution, was the playback good enough?)

And the burning of CDs?

What about software compatibility?
Cause I suppose that the original OS9 or even the OSX once installed in a clamshell may not have a DVD player. Is there any other way around for that?

Thanks a lot in advance for the replies.
Cheers
Jon

[mduell]

1x DVD is very close to the bandwidth limit of your iBook's USB1 ports; I haven't used it, but I wouldn't be surprised to see skipping/pausing because Apple's USB implementations have historically been poor.
Burning CDs is do-able, but you'll be limited to slower speeds (I'd guess 4x).