** only a customer... newegg has been excellent and shipped in less than 24hrs.
Wanted to share my positive experience regarding the DVD burner upgrade to my Pismo [500, 40gb 5400, 1gb, Airport, 10.3.5]. I purchased the 'Panasonic' (actually shows as a Matshita in ASP) UJ-825-B from newegg.com at the low price of $143. It is: slot loading, black, 2.4X DVD+R, 2.4X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-R, 2X DVD-RW, 2X DVD-RAM, 16X CD-R, 8X CD-RW. <http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-133-004&depa=0> After installing it in the exp. bay, I found burning unsupported in 10.2.8 but DVD viewing, CD reading was fine. I tried to find a simple patchburn hack or a modified burn-plugin file from someone else with no avail. I subsequently upgraded to Panther, patched it to 10.3.5 and still no burn support. I used Patchburn II (for Panther) and, with a reboot, all burn features of the OS were now supported (finder burning, iTunes, etc.). All is well - now I need to get iDVD... Pros - Cheap, slot loading, DVD burning, boots to CD, quieter than stock DVD. Cons - Bezel doesn't match. Thinking back to 1996 when I shelled out $330 for a 5.25" 4x scsi CD-ROM, life seems pretty freakin' good nowadays. I may move this drive into my Cube and buy the slot loading Combo drive for the Pismo (also sold at newegg for $72 - a steal!). <http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-133-003&depa=0> Happy to answer any questions regarding this drive or the Lite-On LSC-2082K tray loading Combo drive (which I used for several months with complete success before it moved on to another machine). <http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-559&depa=0> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
