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

[Thubten Kunga]

Oh, I am sorry. I overlooked the word "external" I thought that 
question had already been answered about two three weeks ago when it 
was repeatedly reported by numerous MWSF attendees that the Apple 
employees said NO.

But OWC is in talks with Apple about reintroducing their patch with 
external 105s they may sell (if Apple will agree it's OK). Purchasing 
iLife may be a requirement for the sale of the drives. Still an 
unanswered question that may take several more weeks for the answer to 
appear.

k

On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 03:54  PM, David Evan Isom wrote:

> 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)?