[Ti] iDVD question

[b]

According to Dave Morrison:

>Of course it would be immoral, unethical, etc. etc. and I'd never do
>anything like that, but this question was really just an intellectual
>exercise, right? Seriously, I've had a pretty weird time making this switch
>from PC to Mac and this little "speedbump" just adds to the pile of
>weirdness. Why does Apple give a flying flip as to what drive I use to make
>my DVD's, anyway? Will I still need a Superdrive to use DVD Studio Pro? If
>so, then I'm really going to start questioning my move to Mac. Granted, the
>PC platform is still a complete kluge, but having so many options for
>hardware and software has spoiled me. Did I jump ship at the wrong time?
>
>dave

No, Dave, but it can 'look' that way, at times.

DVD SP is compatible, last I heard, with external drives. For a while 
I thought Apple disabled the external drive thing with Final Cut Pro 
buyers being numerous, in order to 'move them' up to DVD SP... but 
who knows?

~flipper