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   Hello Ed!   
      
   12 Jun 2020 12:53, Ed Vance wrote to All:   
      
    EV> Can a CD/DVD Drive be used with a Chromebook?   
      
   yes, it just cant boot a chromebook   
      
    EV> I have mentioned external Drives to my Friend who uses a Chromebook   
    EV> and He is thinking about buy one.   
      
   its same as put cdrom drive on huawei phones or tablets, it works, but not   
   being possible to run macOS from it :)   
      
    EV> I Searched with DuckDuckGo for information about Chromebooks and    
    EV> CD/DVD drives and one website page:   
      
   sadly chromebooks are designed to have limited ssd, and thus all in cloud   
   filesophy, with is insane with samsung mobile phone have 1TB storages, hmm i   
   still have a chromebook with just 16Gb asus branded   
      
    EV> https://www.chromebookhq.com/chromebook-dvd-drive/   
      
    EV>  says:   
    EV> "In summary, a Chromebook optical drive:   
      
    EV>     Can read disks, but with only accepted file types   
    EV>     Can play music from accepted file types, like mp3   
    EV>     Can play movies from accepted file types, like mp4   
    EV>     Cannot burn files to a CD or DVD"   
      
    EV> Does Anyone use a CD or DVD external drive with their Chromebook?   
      
   nope, i just copy cd dvd to filesystem, then move data to the chromebook,   
   check if chromebook take diffrent sillyness from rommed devices then   
   read/write devices, or its same shit on usb ?   
      
    EV> Thanks! for any comments,   
      
   np   
      
    EV> 73 de Ed W9ODR   .   .   
      
   wish i have a radio to connect....   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
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