On Feb 16, 2005, at 6:59 PM, G-Books wrote:
From: Timothy Luoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SuperDrive Dilemma Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:48:40 -0500
I'm trying to decide between
MCE Lucid-M8X 8x DVD=B1R/RW + 2.4x Double Layer Portable FireWire Drive http://www.mcetech.com/lucidm8x.html $279 and MCE 8X SuperDrive Upgrade for PowerBook G4 with Double Layer Support http://www.mcetech.com/pbg4dvdr8dl.html $249
Obviously the portable Firewire one could be used with other computers (I don't have another one that I'd use it with currently, but you never know when another computer will show up ;-) But it's external, another thing to carry around, etc.
The internal drive is easier to deal with. Basically that's the only advantage that I can see. It's a little cheaper, but then there's postage (to send it to MCE) or a service charge (if I find a local reseller who can install it). Assuming that I can find somewhere to install it, I assume they'd charge at least $30 to install it, and if I
have to send it to MCE I'm going to be w/o my computer for a few days.
So the price is a wash to me.
I'm leaning towards the external. It's not very big, if anything goes wrong with it, it can be sent off for repair/replacement without leaving me w/o the use of my Powerbook, I can use it w/ other computers, no concerns about excess heat, and if I do go somewhere w/o it and need to burn a DVD-R, I still can do that.
Anyone have other thoughts, esp. why I ought to consider the internal? Anyone else have one of these drives?
IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? If so I think you'll get tired of waiting for a DVD to master with the G3, and don't even consider doing movies. In fact iDVD won't load on less than a 733mhz G4 now. So that means the external drive, but you'll also have to get a Firewire card for the Lombard.
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