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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
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Definitely for this one. I'm running DVDP on an iMac via Boot Camp and using a non Apple keyboard. Having to go through Explorer to eject the disc is a pain.
Are iMacs lacking the eject button on their DVD-ROM? Yes. They need to be dragged to the Recycle Bin(!!) or using the eject button on the Apple Keyboard. Apparently Apples have been like that for years. I remember someone telling me about that little quirk around 10 years ago. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Forget_the_Rest: Quote:
Yes. They need to be dragged to the Recycle Bin(!!) or using the eject button on the Apple Keyboard. Apparently Apples have been like that for years. I remember someone telling me about that little quirk around 10 years ago. Hunh. You sure don't see that in those TV ads that carp about how bad PCs are and how user friendly Macs are. Evidently the people at Apple don't think anyone has a need to easily eject something put into their drives.  | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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| | Posted: | | | | I think it's for aesthetics as much as anything. Other than the DVD drive slot there are no other visible buttons or openings on the front, top or sides. You can just about see the slot on the side view -  As for user friendliness that's pretty much the thought that I had when I bought it a few years ago. I think I only had that thought because I was brought up with a PC and how they work. It's just as easy to push the Eject button on the Apple keyboard if you use it. The only reason I don't is because I had a keyboard already that I liked. Anyway I'll stop posting about that now as it's WAAAAY off topic  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | +1 to the original post. This would be handy. | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
Are iMacs lacking the eject button on their DVD-ROM? The Mac Pros have the drive behind a "flap-door" that is pushed open when the drive ejects. The eject button is practically unreachable. I am sure, however, that there are similar designed PC housings. So +1 for eject button and dropdown. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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