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Superdrive or Combo?
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well, i think the superdrive is better because it can still burn cds. if it were a money issue, i would defiantly vote for combo.
SuperDrive can burn cds alright, and read them! But it's very slow!
That's why I am not tossing out money on a SuperDrive unless it's read, seek, burn, and erase speeds are fast!
When I get my G5, it will have a combo drive. It is much faster and I never burn dvds.. I don't need a SuperDrive.. Having one just makes my life more painful
That's why I am not tossing out money on a SuperDrive unless it's read, seek, burn, and erase speeds are fast!
When I get my G5, it will have a combo drive. It is much faster and I never burn dvds.. I don't need a SuperDrive.. Having one just makes my life more painful
I've made several CDs with my SuperDrive and it's fine, but the real reason I wanted one was to make backups. 4.7GB of data on one disk is pretty nice compared to my old 4GB tapes that took an hour to fill and were only good for backup and restore. Using the SuperDrive for video is just a great extra for me.
If you like your money, go for the combo, then buy an ext. USB 2.0 or FW DVD writer (internal DVD writer + enclosure). It's cheaper and faster. Given the chance, how often do people buy DVDs on the go? 4.38GB of data? Not that many people I'd say.
Look at your workflow needs, your purpose, and your out put
do you need to be able to back up 4.7 GIGs of information
if your work is in video, i personally like to have a copy on optical storage, after i slice all my fottage and have all clips arranged and different files, i like to have that as a back up just in case the hard drive crashes, or i do something stupid
again if your working in video, out putting to DVD as a final copy is great, lots of clients jumb on that option now
but if you never plan on doing any video work, and you can't see your self needing to back up 4.7 gigs of information at one time
then a combo drive is more then adiquette
do you need to be able to back up 4.7 GIGs of information
if your work is in video, i personally like to have a copy on optical storage, after i slice all my fottage and have all clips arranged and different files, i like to have that as a back up just in case the hard drive crashes, or i do something stupid
again if your working in video, out putting to DVD as a final copy is great, lots of clients jumb on that option now
but if you never plan on doing any video work, and you can't see your self needing to back up 4.7 gigs of information at one time
then a combo drive is more then adiquette
I would have bought my 12" with a Combo Drive and used my existing 4x external Firewire DVD burner, except that I would then (a) not get iDVD and (b) even if I were to purchase or "acquire" iDVD, it would not support external DVD burners or non-SuperDrive burners.
D'oh.
D'oh.
