[MacDV] Pioneer DVR-105 for $170

[Paul Russell]

>Just a heads-up:
>
>OfficeMax retail stores have the Cendyne (Pioneer DVR-105) DVD Recorder for
>$169.95 after rebates. Regularly $269.95 - $50 instant discount - $50
>Cendyne mail-in rebate.
>
>Drive works fine internally in a G4/AGP, OS X 10.2.2, iDVD 2.1, iTunes
>3.01, Disc Burner, etc. Bootable, both OS 9 & X.  Prevents deep sleep
>though.
>

Hi Sean -

Thanks for the heads up - I just picked one of these up from the 
local Office Max in Santa Cruz. A couple of questions, if I may:

1) Did you replace your existing CD/DVD drive in your G4 Mac with the 
new drive ? If so, how did you get the old one out ? I have a DVD-RAM 
drive in there at the moment and I just can't seem to work out how to 
extract it. Do you need to take off the front bezel somehow ?

2) How do you get iDVD ? Does Software Update autmatically detect 
that you now have a SuperDrive installed and download it, or do you 
have to buy it from Apple, or what ?

Thanks,

Paul
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