Re: Mac CD-RW Burners (For Powerbook G4?)

[Dan K]

Jeff Hubatka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There aren't very many slot-loading slim drives out there. MacResQ has 
>them for about $149. That gets you a Matshita CW-8121, which is a 
>8x4x32x8 combo drive.


This eBay vendor has a bunch of NIB CW-8121 drives for $85 apiece:


or 10(!) for $750:


I've no relationship to this vendor, just figured it to be a good price.

BTW, these drives work fine in Lombard/Pismo as well, they'll pop right 
into any L/P optical drive carrier/sled/caddy/thingy.

Dan K

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Re: Mac CD-RW Burners (For Powerbook G4?)

[Jeff Greffe]

You wrote about "sites that describe how to make your own bracket" and 
I have spent 45 min trying to find one ... no luck !

Any idea where I could find this info ?
Thanks ,
Jeff
Actually there are lots of slot loading slim drives (Combos and 
DVD-R/Ws),
but as JSH points out, the problem is the bracket for powerbooks that
shipped without a Combo. The aftermarket drives are smaller than the
original DVD and require said bracket. The companies that sell the 
"kit"
charge an arm and a couple legs, but the installation is greatly 
simplified.
There are sites that describe how to make your own "bracket" and save 
some
cash. Should be noted that bare 4x DVD burners (the Matshita UJ-825) 
cost a
lot less than companies' 1x or 2x burners with the kit (e.g. $260-is 
vs.
$330-350). If you're handy with aluminum sheet, go for it. As JSH 
points
out, the slot-loaders can also be fitted in Pismos. I've got a Matshita
UJ-815B in mine. Very cool looking, plus no worries re. making the 
faceplate
fit.

Chris

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Re: Mac CD-RW Burners (For Powerbook G4?)

[csean]

on 17/05/2004 23:55, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> So what CD/DVD-RW is possible and preferred to replace the one in the
>> early Powerbook G4's (400/500 and so on)?
> 
> There aren't very many slot-loading slim drives out there. MacResQ has
> them for about $149. That gets you a Matshita CW-8121, which is a
> 8x4x32x8 combo drive. Logic supply sells the CW-8122, which is a
> 16x10x40x8 combo. However, if you have the 1st-gen like I do, then the
> MacResQ drive comes with a bracket and the proper cable. The bracket
> for the stock DVD player isn't removeable, but it would be possible to
> fab your own if you can work with .030 aluminum sheet. I think the
> connector on the drive is in a different place, so you can't use the
> cable from the DVD player either. I got the MacResQ model, then later
> got one from Logic and replaced it. The first one is now a cool
> slot-loader in a Pismo. One problem with the faster drive, it only has
> a 2MB buffer so music CD's have a few skips if I burn at the top speed.
> The good thing about both of these drives is the native support in OSX.
> 
> ---
> JSH
> TiBook


Actually there are lots of slot loading slim drives (Combos and DVD-R/Ws),
but as JSH points out, the problem is the bracket for powerbooks that
shipped without a Combo. The aftermarket drives are smaller than the
original DVD and require said bracket. The companies that sell the "kit"
charge an arm and a couple legs, but the installation is greatly simplified.
There are sites that describe how to make your own "bracket" and save some
cash. Should be noted that bare 4x DVD burners (the Matshita UJ-825) cost a
lot less than companies' 1x or 2x burners with the kit (e.g. $260-is vs.
$330-350). If you're handy with aluminum sheet, go for it. As JSH points
out, the slot-loaders can also be fitted in Pismos. I've got a Matshita
UJ-815B in mine. Very cool looking, plus no worries re. making the faceplate
fit. 

Chris


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Re: Mac CD-RW Burners (For Powerbook G4?)

[Jeff Hubatka]

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikael=20Bystr=F6m?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mac CD-RW Burners (For Powerbook G4?)
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 02:10:27 +0200
So what CD/DVD-RW is possible and preferred to replace the one in the
early Powerbook G4's (400/500 and so on)?
There aren't very many slot-loading slim drives out there. MacResQ has 
them for about $149. That gets you a Matshita CW-8121, which is a 
8x4x32x8 combo drive. Logic supply sells the CW-8122, which is a 
16x10x40x8 combo. However, if you have the 1st-gen like I do, then the 
MacResQ drive comes with a bracket and the proper cable. The bracket 
for the stock DVD player isn't removeable, but it would be possible to 
fab your own if you can work with .030 aluminum sheet. I think the 
connector on the drive is in a different place, so you can't use the 
cable from the DVD player either. I got the MacResQ model, then later 
got one from Logic and replaced it. The first one is now a cool 
slot-loader in a Pismo. One problem with the faster drive, it only has 
a 2MB buffer so music CD's have a few skips if I burn at the top speed.
The good thing about both of these drives is the native support in OSX.

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Re: Mac CD-RW Burners (For Powerbook G4?)

[Mikael Byström]

So what CD/DVD-RW is possible and preferred to replace the one in the
early Powerbook G4's (400/500 and so on)?



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