[CUBE] iDVD w/ External DVD-RW Drive?

[David Evan Isom]

Actually, it does nothing to address Jason's question, which was 
whether iDVD 3 works with EXTERNAL burners...

On Friday, Jan 31, 2003, at 15:41 US/Pacific, Thubten Kunga wrote:

> Here's the copy:
>
> First Reader Report on iLife/iDVD3 Install w/Retail Superdrive/no 
> iDVD2 (Rumors Put to Rest) - Here's the first reader report on 
> iLife/iDVD3 installs on a system  that has a retail Pioneer DVR-105 
> (aka the latest "superdrive" retail model) and no previous iDVD 
> install:
>
> " Mike:
>  Picked up iLife last night for my Dual G4 450 - recently updated with 
> a Pioneer DVR-105 drive. I had no previous version of iDVD on the > unit.
>
> The install was flawless until the required Restart at the end of the 
> install, and then the system crashed. I restarted, and the system took 
> an extra 2 minutes to come back up, but the software works great!
>  Thanks for the greatest Mac site!
>  John
>  San Diego "
>
> So this should put the rumors of not working with other than OEM 
> superdrives, etc. to rest.
>
> k
>
> On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 03:34  PM, DBoone wrote:
>
>> See "First Reader Report on iLife/iDVD3 Install w/Retail 
>> Superdrive/no iDVD2
>> (Rumors Put to Rest)" at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
>>
>>> From: Jason Torrey <jtorrey484 at earthlink.net>
>>> Reply-To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:59:40 -0700
>>> To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>> Subject: [CUBE] iDVD w/ External DVD-RW Drive?
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone been able to reach a definitive conclusion on whether iDVD
>>> 2.0 (just released) works with an external (like FireWire) DVD-RW 
>>> (like
>>> the Pioneer DVR-105)?