Mac desktop and MacBook owners are used to living without a CD or DVD drive, but there are occasions where access to one could be handy. AppleInsider explains how to remotely access the CD or DVD ...

wouldn't you still need a decoder on the windows box? I have seen this come up a lot, and I think it is very difficuly/impractical to do. I could be wrong.

Yesterday we reported that the newly shipping Power Macintosh G5s are using the Sony DW-U10A DVD write mechanism - already used in some flat-panel iMac models - and that Apple's official stance is ...