>> Uhm actually more 3rd party burners have been supported in each >> version >> of Mac OS X. If you really don't believe it I can look up the feature >> pages on the various updates and show you ... or I spose you could go >> look yourself. For example though 10.2.4 notes that it adds support >> for >> the 48x LaCie drives. > > OS X 10.2 killed support for my drive (& I have had that verified from > another owner of the same drive): Sony 24/10/40 internal. I also lost > support for my USB burner along the way (don't remember which version > of OS > X 10.x.x killed that! Fortunately I never used the internal burning > software > except to gauge OS X's support for third party burners :) Since it > doesn't > do multi-session back-ups or gives you any control over the CDs you > create > it was next to useless for real back-up (other than if you wanted to > dump a > whole lot of stuff to disk at once and that was pretty rare). > > Of course... this is also the company that used AFTER-SALE FirmWare > updates > to maliciously disable G4 updates in B&Ws, merely to prevent the B&W > from > competing with the first generation G4 (which didn't add anything > substantial to the design of the computer). Fortunately, the upgrade > cos > have managed to disable the disabler but still, it's pretty repugnant > that > they sabotaged the hardware, after ownership had been transferred away > from > their control. IIRC there was also a pretty obvious case of such > malicious > FirmWare sabotage in one of the laptops (if they didn't want to > include the > feature in those particular computers, they shouldn't have sold the > computers with such a feature, *even* if it wasn't advertised as such). > > Eric.
I think the problem is that Apple has decided that it will upgrade CDRW drivers instead of adding new ones. In many, many cases, they'll just change one of the support plist files so that a certain model number is changed. Therefore, if you have the old model and they change it to a new model, then you're screwed. Usually, though, someone will go and fix it. Look at www.xlr8yourmac.com for tips, there are a lot of hacked CDRW drivers there. Remember the firmware update that killed a lot of third-party RAM? Then all Apple did was blame third-party RAM dealers instead of taking responsibility. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
