Sites are becoming more bogged down by flash and scripts every day and it will only get worse. You might be able to get by for now but not for all that long.
Apparently you can do it through jabber. But people end up using MSN with clients like Adium and others anyway because all their windows buddies use MSN.iChat does not support MSN as far as I know }
Yes, I recognized that and I did it for years. I should have initially specified burning a DVD with an internal drive. Having a bunch of 5.25" and 3.5" enclosures on your desk gets old fast and most average home users do not have the available desk space that I have the luxury of being able to use.(the only reason for the iMac is reduced footprint and reduced cable clutter, you eliminate that with a bunch of external enclosures)
mm, so then we need this?
then a normal 40 pin to ATAPI board + 4 pin Y splitter for power?
Yea, it would work but most people do not have the parts/knowledge/ability to whip up a cable like that(or trim off notches/etc of an existing 40 or 50 pin cable with a dremel or other tool) so they are pretty much out of luck.
Most users start the internet by clicking the blue e icon then go "lololol youtube are funneh and I liek 2 post pics of myself while drunk on myspace." while chatting with their 500 MSN/facebook 'friends'. once they are done they proceed to turn off the internet by closing the blue e icon's window and turning off the computer.
and btw, the underlined bits are word for word quotes of what I have heard many people say and that includes school teachers. >_<
It is extremely disappointing.