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Interpolation

macrumors regular
Original poster
Hi,

My early `08 mac pro has been having problems with it's superdrive, will not burn DVD's, and it's skipping on burning CD's. Can anyone recommend a good replacement drive.

Thanks in advance.
 
basically any DVD drive will work. the superdrive that comes with the mac isn't a "mac part", it's just what Apple calls a DVD burning drive in their machines. The mac pros come with IDE drives, but you could even put a SATA drive in with very little effort. if you're not sure, just get the IDE. you really can't go wrong. Apple has used Samsung, Pioneer, and Optiarc. look at the available ones and compare reviews, and go from there.
 
basically any DVD drive will work. the superdrive that comes with the mac isn't a "mac part", it's just what Apple calls a DVD burning drive in their machines. The mac pros come with IDE drives, but you could even put a SATA drive in with very little effort. if you're not sure, just get the IDE. you really can't go wrong. Apple has used Samsung, Pioneer, and Optiarc. look at the available ones and compare reviews, and go from there.

Ok that will be easy. Going to look at the samsung and pioneer drives. Thanks 🙂
 
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