[G4] Internal vs. External DVD

[Crandon David]

I purchased an internal dual layer DVD burner for my G4 Gigabit  
ethernet at Fry's Electronics for less than $40.


On Mar 9, 2008, at 9:12 AM, James Asherman wrote:

> 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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