What DVD Drive should I buy?

karavite

karavite

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Okay, I did a few searches and think I understand a few things, but I just wanted some clear responses before I plop down $300 - $400. I want to buy a DVD drive for my G4-450 primmarily for writing movies and data backups.

It seems that the Pioneer DVR-A04 is the actual Apple Super drive (yes/no?) and is my best bet. Is it easy to install? Do I need to find a specific model for the Mac?

I read some rumors that iDVD does not support external drives - is this true? Any other reason I should avoid an external drive?

What about DVD+RW - should I just wait and see what happens with formats? IS there a drive and/or software for Macs that supports DVD+RW?

Any other advice?

P.S. I am finding great prices on everything at http://www.enpc.com/
 
Woah too expensive!

I looked here before I bought my A04 and got a great price! I bought an external Pyro Firewire Drive Case for it so I can't use iDVD but it works fine with DVD Studio Pro!
 
Thanks! Looks like you saved me $100 at least. However, the place I posted the link to had the ATI Radeon 8500 for $165 or so - I know Radeon just lowered their price on this, but it doesn't seem to have caught on anywhere else yet.
 
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