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Playing games without CD Rom Drive

ntlbell · 2012-02-14 13:24:30

Just a quick question. If you purchase one of the new mac mini's that has no cdrom drive i understand there is an app you can mount drives from other sources. Although this is fine for installation or ripping CD's etc But how do you have to mount remote cd rom drives for playing games also or is there a work around?…

14-02-2012 01:24PM

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ntlbell

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Just a quick question.

If you purchase one of the new mac mini's that has no cdrom drive i understand there is an app you can mount drives from other sources.

Although this is fine for installation or ripping CD's etc

But how do you have to mount remote cd rom drives for playing games also or is there a work around?

obviously you could use a "no cd" hax0r but besides this?

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#2 14-02-2012 02:13PM

Sad Professor

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No, this won't work. Remote Disc is very limited/crippled and is no use for games, watching movies or ripping music. Copy-protected discs won't even be recognised.

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