Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) ships, by default, on a DVD. This poses a problem for Macs shipped without a DVD drive, those with non-functional DVD drives, or those which have had their drives manually ...

So, it seems getting a dvd to install is not a 2020 thing. Last time I installed Windows was 7 which then got upgraded online to 10. So, if you want to build new, you can't buy a dvd and the build in ...

Ok, I have a copy of Windows XP, and one of the things Windows Media Player 8 can do is play DVD movies if another program has already installed the codecs (well that is what I've come to understand ...

You can purchase a second DVD drive for your personal computer or the computers in a small business office for less than $20 as of May 2012. The process is easy ...

Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

The MacBook Air ships with software tools that allow users to do without the external drive option for most purposes. Remote Disc, Remote Install, and related technologies that enable the Air to share ...

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