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External optical drive (Superdrive)

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fares.f

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Jun 11, 2007
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Hello,

Recently my Mac's superdrive has started ejecting media without playing them, chews on the disc for about 30-60 seconds then ejects it... I dunno why but I'm hesitating to take to a service center (since I had it, it's never been opened and for some reason I'm fearing that if it gets opened, sthg else might get screwed up (silly maybe, well...)

Anyway, if I was to consider getting an external optical drive, which one would you guys recommend and why?

Thanks in advance for all the possible replies.
 
Go for a Lite-On. They are reputable, Dell uses the internal version in practically everything and every Dell I've had has had a Lite-On, cheap, and do everything that the more expensive ones do.

Just make sure it has OS X drivers.

Nearly forgot -- A SuperDrive = DVD-RW read/write (+ and -).
 
fares.f said:
Hello,

Recently my Mac's superdrive has started ejecting media without playing them, chews on the disc for about 30-60 seconds then ejects it... I dunno why but I'm hesitating to take to a service center (since I had it, it's never been opened and for some reason I'm fearing that if it gets opened, sthg else might get screwed up (silly maybe, well...)

Anyway, if I was to consider getting an external optical drive, which one would you guys recommend and why?

Thanks in advance for all the possible replies.
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You can open it up your self and replace the SuperDrive. Or take it to the Apple Store and pay a $1 billion for it.
 
Shake 'n' Bake said:
Go for a Lite-On. They are reputable, Dell uses the internal version in practically everything and every Dell I've had has had a Lite-On, cheap, and do everything that the more expensive ones do.

Just make sure it has OS X drivers.

Nearly forgot -- A SuperDrive = DVD-RW read/write (+ and -).
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Thank you for ur post, any advice if I was to get an external one with firewire?
 
fares.f said:
Thank you for ur post, any advice if I was to get an external one with firewire?
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FW is even better than USB, but are a bit more expensive and a bit harder to find. If you can't find a FW one, USBs are fine.

Also, get the highest write speed for DVD-RW possible.

If it isn't too expensive, get one with LightScribe. I think that Toast has support for that.
 
Shake 'n' Bake said:
FW is even better than USB, but are a bit more expensive and a bit harder to find. If you can't find a FW one, USBs are fine.

Also, get the highest write speed for DVD-RW possible.

If it isn't too expensive, get one with LightScribe. I think that Toast has support for that.
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Thx, will surely get one with Firewire; besides LaCie, what other brands are there?
 
I have owned the Samsung SE-S084B; plug-and-play on the Mac and it's bus powered.
 
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