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MacBook Optical Drive (Sata?)
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Mar 10, 2009, 06:31 AM
 
So I just received a free macbook that is in very bad shape. Among it's many issues, it seems it's optical drive is trashed. Its a 1.83ghz white macbook. Do these models have SATA optical drives? I ask because I'm going to be getting a brand new mac mini soon, and I'm going to be modifying it and won't be using it's optical drive. Will it fit in the macbook?
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Mar 10, 2009, 07:04 AM
 
No, the older MBs used PATA drives. Apart from that, IIRC the Mac mini's optical is a 12.5mm device, the MB's OTOH is 9mm.
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