Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
On Feb 17, 2005, at 2:42 AM, Andrew wrote: Cheaper and faster, but not anywhere near as slick. I'm not really looking for slick, I'm looking for a workhorse. And we're not talking about minor differences. 8x vs 16x is an appreciable difference. $100-$150 vs $280 is an appreciable difference. Not having to worry about extra heat generated inside the Powerbook is also important. Video will be ripped to an external drive anyway, so everything won't be integrated (I have 17g available on my Powerbook drive but an entire 60gb available on an external FW drive). I'm not going to be wandering around with a video camera needing to make DVDs on the fly. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
Then get the external. Personnaly, I like slick! Andrew On 17 Feb 2005 at 3:04, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 17, 2005, at 2:42 AM, Andrew wrote: Cheaper and faster, but not anywhere near as slick. I'm not really looking for slick, I'm looking for a workhorse. And we're not talking about minor differences. 8x vs 16x is an appreciable difference. $100-$150 vs $280 is an appreciable difference. Not having to worry about extra heat generated inside the Powerbook is also important. Video will be ripped to an external drive anyway, so everything won't be integrated (I have 17g available on my Powerbook drive but an entire 60gb available on an external FW drive). I'm not going to be wandering around with a video camera needing to make DVDs on the fly. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
From: Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the internal, it is SO nice to have everything integrated. Disagree, get the external and you can use it with any Mac. Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
At 2:28 AM -0500 2/17/05, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? Nope. Sorry, I guess I should have said. This is for a 1.5Ghz P4 w/ 1Gb RAM. So this is for a Windows notebook using a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4? Go with an external so that you can use it with a Mac when you get one. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
On Feb 17, 2005, at 9:52 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 2:28 AM -0500 2/17/05, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? Nope. Sorry, I guess I should have said. This is for a 1.5Ghz P4 w/ 1Gb RAM. So this is for a Windows notebook using a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4? Go with an external so that you can use it with a Mac when you get one. Bah! I meant G4 not P4!!! I guess I combined Powerbook and G4 together. Note to self: get more sleep -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
SuperDrive Dilemma
I'm trying to decide between MCE Lucid-M8X 8x DVD±R/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? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
Get the internal, it is SO nice to have everything integrated. Andrew On 2/16/05 5:48 PM, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to decide between MCE Lucid-M8X 8x DVD±R/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? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
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. --- JSH TiBook Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship. (Zeuxis) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? Nope. Sorry, I guess I should have said. This is for a 1.5Ghz P4 w/ 1Gb RAM. I'm actually looking at getting an *internal* drive and putting it in an external enclosure. Will be a lot cheaper than either of those drives and a lot faster too. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: SuperDrive Dilemma
Cheaper and faster, but not anywhere near as slick. Andrew On 17 Feb 2005 at 2:28, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? Nope. Sorry, I guess I should have said. This is for a 1.5Ghz P4 w/ 1Gb RAM. I'm actually looking at getting an *internal* drive and putting it in an external enclosure. Will be a lot cheaper than either of those drives and a lot faster too. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
