[Ti] Installing a superdrive

[gkar at mac]

On 1/1/04 12:36 PM, "Loren" <loren at flash.net> wrote:

>>> 
>>>> Many thanks for all the answers I received, both on and off list. I
>>>> does appear that there are no companies here in The Netherlands
> that
>>>> will replace my combo drive with a superdrive.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> So my main option will be to have an external dvd-burner.
>>> []
>>> You'll be much gladder. Superdrives-uhm-are overrated. An external
> is a
>>> lifetime faster to burn with.
>>> 
>> Over rated? Depends on whether burning a DVD away from home/office is
>> something one is going to do very often. A notebook is always a
> balance
>> between cost and convenience. Having the internal DVD saves me from
>> carrying
>> another external device when I *know* I'll be burning a DVD. It saves
> me
>> from having to keep an external unit at home and at my two offices.
> And it
>> saves the inconvenience of having to wait or scrounge up an external
>> burner
>> when it turns out I want to burn a DVD when I didn't expect to.
> 
> Yes, overrated in price and performance. Now, if you burn that many
> DVD's at the home and the office, then you should buy two externals,
> leave them each at the home and office, burn thrice as fast for less
> money. And who burns DVD's anyways unless it's $productive? If so, then
> a professional DVD setup should be invested in, and not depend on a
> minimal solution designed for PB consumers, which is what Superdrive is.
> Not only that, you should not be burning DVD's at the office. If you're
> job requires it, they should have a setup at the office for you to
> utilize.
> 
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