[HM] Re: decision time for portable mac

Duane Murphy duanemurphy at mac.com
Tue Jun 3 09:06:47 PDT 2003


--- At Tue, 3 Jun 2003 10:24:28 -0500, Denise wrote:

>on 6/3/03 10:22 AM, Ron Reames at rreames at cableone.net wrote:
>
>> You can buy a 14" iBook with a SuperDrive.
>> The only reason you would need the SuperDrive is if you plan on burning
>> dvd's.
>> I you decide NOT to buy the more expensive iBook you can add burning
>> capability later. I have an iBook and a desktop G3 and use Lacie's
>> cd-rw/dvd-rw which I bought for $349 and comes with dvd authoring
>> software.
>
>Thanks. I was wondering about being able to add that capability later.  Your
>reply has helped.

Keep in mind that the dvd authoring software that comes with external
drives is _not_ iDVD. The software is usually significantly slower and
rendering and burning CDs that iDVD. iDVD does not work with anything but
internal DVD drives.

 ...Duane



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