Yes it works fine for that. That is a new all time low price. The exact same drive in a Pioneer box is selling at Fry's right now for $250. Have you seen the latest version of that hack that lets you leave the core in the case and costs $3 in parts and involves loosening only 12 screws? <http://homepage.mac.com/tracer302/bluecube/PhotoAlbum32.html> I also just picked up a "Cendyne" 16x DVD-ROM 48x24x48x CD=RW drive at Fry's for $70 after $30 rebate. Will be testing to see if it will work OK with the same $3 hack as will IDE hard drives of course. k On Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 10:21 AM, Hal wrote: > It's also at Staples.com for $239 with a $50 mail-in rebate and a $40 > online coupon. That brings the price to $150. Has anyone used this > drive in an external firewire enclosure? > > I'm not interested in doing the internal/external hack, but I'd like a > Firewire burner. I just want to make sure that this drive will work > with Toast and OSX burning apps. > > -Hal