Author Topic: External DVD drive (Read 3158 times)

ADSR · « **on:** October 26, 2008, 05:56:04 AM »

Hi,

Gonna buy an external firewire/usb DVD drive for copying and backing up...
Are they all bootable? is there a special model to look for ?

Thanks

GR

Paddy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2008, 08:31:44 AM »

You should be able to boot off an external Firewire DVD drive.

I'd recommend one of the drives from Other World Computing, as that way you KNOW that you're getting a Mac-compatible CD/DVD drive inside the enclosure:

http://eshop.macsales.com/search/Firewire+DVD

I also doubt that you'll actually be able to beat the price (certainly of the lowest price one, anyway) by building one yourself from an enclosure and a drive. BTW, the Superdrive for the MacBook Air is USB-only and will not work for you, in case you were wondering about that one.

ADSR · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2008, 10:17:41 AM »

Found this one whith Lightscribe for burning label...

http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.as...ssCatID=1147875

Do you think it's ok..?

Thanks

GR

Paddy · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2008, 12:43:12 PM »

Oops - forgot you were in France!

Yes, should be fine - there are reviews from Mac users at Amazon.co.uk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freecom-DVD-Record...e/dp/B000TV5RR6

It's a little bit cheaper at Amazon in France:

http://www.amazon.fr/Freecom-DVD-Recorder-...2864&sr=8-1

(make sure you get the 20X one - someone on the UK site commented that the cheaper model was NOT Mac compatible)

And once again, I'm reminded of how utterly lame Amazon Canada is compared to everywhere else...

ADSR · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2008, 05:07:27 PM »

That seems ok, i'll go for it...

GR

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