[G4] Internal vs. External DVD

[James Asherman]

16x DVD burners by pioneer are ridiculously cheap. Internal.
I put an ADS USB 2 , PCI CARD IN MY QS. IT WORKS WELL AND SLEEPS  
NORMALLY.
  JIM
On Mar 9, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Greg Nembhard wrote:

> i guys,
> I'm planning on upgrading my G4 2002 QS 800Mhz 1.2gb Ram 80G CDRW
> to a superdrive or external DVD burner.
>
> I see that I can get an older superdrive for around $50. that's a 8X  
> but
> speeds have gone up to 20X now.
>
> I think the latest and greatest Mac drives are now at 18X but they are
> fairly expensive.
>
> So I'm thinking of keeping my CDRW and just adding an external  
> firewire DVD
> burner
> The other idea was to get a External USB drive but the internal Mac  
> USB is
> only 1.1 which is way too slow.
> I have a 4 port pci Card with the faster 2.0 but it doesn't work  
> when the
> Mac goes to sleep mode, and I've been having some problems with  
> having to
> always reboot the machine to get it to recognize an external Hard  
> Drive that
> I have attached to it.  Sorry for the long windedness...
> But my questions are as follows:
>
> 1.  Will an external DVD burner be able to burn Itunes?  I heard  
> that there
> are some problems associated with External drives.
>
> 2.  Is there a work around with regards to the Pci card and the Mac  
> going to
> sleep the internal 1.1 just doesn't cut it in today's world
>
> 3.  Can anyone recommend a good DVD burner external or internal that  
> works
> with IDVD and ITunes
>
> Thanks again guys I'll be looking forward to your responses.
>
> Greg
>
> G4 2002 QS OS X 10.4.11
> 800Mhz, 1.2Gb Ram
> 80 Gb, CDRW
> 4 Port PCI USB 2.0
>
>
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