I have a DVD burner on my PC... is a Superdrive necessary?

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SuperSnake2012

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• May 16, 2006

• #1

I would mostly use the Superdrive for burning movies on iMovie. Is it possible to just create an image and then burn it on my PC? If I could, that would save me a lot of money that could be spent on RAM instead. 🙂

 

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Demon Hunter

macrumors 68020

• May 17, 2006

• #2

I don't think you can make an image of it. You're better off with the SuperDrive.

 

shadowmoses

macrumors 68000

• May 17, 2006

• #3

dferrara said:

I don't think you can make an image of it. You're better off with the SuperDrive.

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I agree, Probably worth getting a superdrive if not have a look at the LaCie external drives they are very nice.

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balamw

Moderator emeritus

• May 17, 2006

• #4

SuperSnake2012 said:

I would mostly use the Superdrive for burning movies on iMovie. Is it possible to just create an image and then burn it on my PC? If I could, that would save me a lot of money that could be spent on RAM instead. 🙂

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Yes, you can definitely create images on the Mac and burn them on a PC after transfer. I have done this since my iBook G4 has a combo drive, but it's much cleaner/faster to have the superdrive or just use an external DVD burner now that iLife '06 isn't as picky as it once was...

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SuperSnake2012

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• May 17, 2006

• #5

I don't think I'd be doing it all the time... heck, I don't even burn many DVDs on my PC. Decisions, decisions. 🙁

 

yellow

Moderator emeritus

• May 17, 2006

• #6

SuperSnake2012 said:

I don't think I'd be doing it all the time... heck, I don't even burn many DVDs on my PC. Decisions, decisions. 🙁

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You might not now.. but as HDs get larger and larger, the bandwidth of broadband gets larger and larger, well.. files get larger and larger.

 

gekko513

macrumors 603

• May 17, 2006

• #7

There's another advantage to just get the combo drive now and get an external burner if you find that you need it: You can get a double layer burner that way.

 

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superwoman

macrumors regular

• May 18, 2006

• #8

gekko513 said:

There's another advantage to just get the combo drive now and get an external burner if you find that you need it: You can get a double layer burner that way.

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Agreed. I don't think I need more than 1 burner in your house. But I have a question: How does one create an image on Mac, then burn on PC? What software to use on the Mac and PC respectively?