>> Hi there: I'm thinking about installing an internal CD-RW drive to
>> replace
>> the current CD drive in my B&W G3/rev2/400/9.1/385mb. What should I
>> keep in
>> mind? This is new territory for me.
>>
>> 1) Brands to consider or avoid?
>> 2) Technical specs I should know about (IDE, SCSI, USB, Firewire
>> [whatever
>> that is] etc.)
>> 3) Is it worth considering second-hand or refurbished (EBay etc.)?
>> 4) Necessary software; this would be for backups, and to record music
>> CDs
>> 5) What I might expect to pay for this
If you want plug and play with no hassle you can go for one of the
cdrw drives listed on the Apple site here
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60806
The Sony ide drives are particularly good. NEC drives are lacking in
support for 9 and X and support is patchy for most other PC cdrw's.
The Pioneer 103 and 104 DVD/CDRW ide drives are plug and play in 9
and X but later models can have hard disk sleep problems and freeze on
wake - annoying but easily avoided with no hard disk sleep.
Firmware revisions to improve the Pioneer drives are also a problem
- the flash must be done on a PC (region free is best done in dos) except
for very specific later mac models with the update from Apple.
Pete
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