Do external Firewire DVD Burners work OK?

[blodwyn]

I bought my first Mac, a 1.33Ghz 12" PB with a combo drive, 3 months ago. I've got an external Firewire enclosure and now the DVD burners are pretty cheap I'm going to buy a drive and install it in my enclosure.

I'm wondering what speed will be possible over the Firewire connection, i.e. can I expect 4x or better?

Thanks

 

[FuzzyBallz]

You'll have no problem burning at full speed w/ FireWire.

 

[jackieonasses]

just be sure to look for one that might be compatiable with idvd (an amazing dvd authorting program)

 

[DavidLeblond]

just be sure to look for one that might be compatiable with idvd (an amazing dvd authorting program)

Good luck with that. 😉

iDVD can be hacked to support external burners though.

 

[grapes911]

We use external burners in an art lab. They work just as good as the newer computers with internal ones.

 

[blodwyn]

Thanks for the replies. I've read about the hacks for iDVD, I just didn't want to pay extra for an 8x or faster if the Firewire interface was going to be a bottleneck.