Thanks for asking that question about the iBook options, Eric - I'm
just trying to sort my way through a similar decision. Here in
Australia it seems to be cheaper to get an external CD-RW. The
upgrade price to an internal (8x4x24) CD-RW is around A$600 (i.e.
around US$300), but for just under that I can get a La Cie
USB/Firewire 16x10x40 drive with an 8Mb buffer and burn proof (buffer
under-run protection) technology. How important is the buffer/ 'burn
proof' feature? Is it less important for an internal drive than an
external one? It seems to come down to a trade-off between the
convenience of the internal drive vs the performance of the external
one. Does anybody know about the performance of these drives?
And would I use the DVD drive for anything more than playing movies?
any thoughts or experiences would be much appreciated
John
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