On Oct 15, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Michelle wrote:
Hi everyone,
All this talk of the "Superdrives" got me interested... and I looked
up a few of the links and I may be missing what I need.
Right now my Sawtooth G4 runs OS 9.2 and I would like to purchase (and
install, myself, and I am NOT a tech-person) a Superdrive. I have an
external CD burner now but I'd like to have "more!"
Most of the units I found online need OS X or better... and while
someday I *will* upgrade my desktop to Tiger... right now I need
something that will run (natively) with OS 9.2.
Is there such a product? Either a CD burner or, better yet, a DVD
burner, that will easily work? Please advise!
Thank you,
Michelle & Herd
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I installed a Pioneer 107 that I bought from Other World Computing into
my G4 733 (same basic Mac as your Sawtooth) when it was still running
OS-9, and it worked fine and still works fine when I start up in 9. I
also installed and mostly run OS-X now, and it works perfectly in X
too. The support guys at OWC can answer any questions about which of
these superdrives work with which systems, but so far as I can tell the
Pioneer units work with either one. The Mac just accepts them as it did
the old original CD burner that they replace, no extra software
required. By the way, the physical installation of the superdrive is
pretty much just a simple swapout of the old CD burner with only a
small screwdriver necessary. As for the wiring, you just unplug your
old CD burner and plug in the new superdrive. OWC provides detailed
instructions on how to do the swap. It's a great step up because you
can store so much more data on a DVD than you can on a CD, not to
mention making DVD videos, slideshows, and all the other stuff you can
put on DVDs and play in your TV's DVD player or video deck. Highly
recommended by me.
Tom
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