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

[Thubten Kunga]

I couldn't disagree more, David. What you suggest involves giving up 
the silence of the Cube. My Cube is on the floor out of sight and 
silent. It doesn't matter if it's out of its core. And it is dead 
silent. I am certainly not going to give up my silent Cube for a noisy 
PowerMac. I have one of those already and the fan sound (even my quiet 
one) is a nuisance.

Option 1 you list costs $500.
Option 2 you list costs $300 and won't work.
Option 3 which I explain below costs $200 and three short two by fours.

If it's all about what your Cube looks like you are right and you will 
pay more to get that solution soon. If you want to run iDVD 3 tomorrow, 
Option 3 is available immediately and the least expensive and immediate 
solution. How does Option 3 "defeat the purpose of the Cube"? The Cube 
remains silent and cool. You have the added benefit of the DVR-105 and 
iDVD 3. I don't see the downside excepting the appearance which I 
consider to be irrelevant. It's a matter of personal taste.

k

On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 07:55  PM, David Evan Isom wrote:

> There's obviously lots of interest about how to use a DVD burner with 
> a Cube. I think that that interest falls mostly into one of two 
> categories:
>
> Option 1. Those who would like to put a slot-loading SuperDrive (such 
> as the one in the PowerBooks) in a Cube
>
> Option 2. Those who are interested in using a Firewire DVD burner but 
> would like to use iDVD, due to its simplicity and far lower price than 
> DVD Studio Pro
>
> Unfortunately, neither of these options are possible right now.
>
> Frankly, I don't think there is much interest in running a Cube out of 
> its core with an internal DVD burner mechanism attached, as this sort 
> of defeats the whole point of a Cube. It seems to me that it would 
> make more sense to replace the Cube and buy a similarly-powered Power 
> Mac G4 and replace its optical drive with a Pioneer DVR-A05 mechanism 
> than to run it out of its core with an internal mechanism attached via 
> ribbon cable.
>
> On Friday, Jan 31, 2003, at 18:15 US/Pacific, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>
>> You are not "we". And everybody doesn't know "it" or some wouldn't 
>> keep asking "how?"
>>
>> It is a proven way to do it. What are you talking about Boris?
>>
>> k
>>
>>>> Kunga wrote:
>>
>>>> ONE MORE TIME, Here's the HOW to make a DVR-105 work with a Cube and
>>>> iDVD 3:
>>
>> 1. Pull the core.
>> 2. Build a small 3 sided square of 2x4s just smaller than the core so 
>> it can sit on top of it with the cable side open.
>> 3. Disconnect the optical power and IDE connectors from the internal 
>> optical drive.
>> 4. You will see they are long enough to reach outside the Core and 
>> plug into the raw 105.
>> 5. Reattach everything else and power up.
>> 6. Forget about how it looks.
>> 7. Leave it on the floor where it belongs in the first place. IMHO
>>
>> Do that and you're iLife iDVD 3 compliant.