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mcetech.com - 2/24/2009

MCE OptiBay Hard Drive for MacBook Pro, MacBook and PowerBook G4

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FireWire SuperDrive Enclosure SuperDrive - External In order to maintain the CD/DVD read/write functionality of the original internal optical drive replaced by the OptiBay Hard Drive with the MacBook Pro 17-inch and PowerBook G4, you can choose to include a Portable USB 2.0 Optical Drive ...

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