Upgrading cdrw to dvd+rw -- Dual G4

[bryanthompson]

Well... I never thought this would happen. It took longer to burn an ISO of Fedora core 3 than it took to download it. Flipping amazing...

Anyone upgraded the cd/dvd+rw on a dual g4 machine? I should probably just call Apple and order a new one, but is there a chance that the drives are available through some other source?

[techweenie]

Yes, I can probably find the receipt here somewhere. I got a great price on a warrantied SuperDrive from an online retailer.

(what are you doing using a liberal computer?)

[bryanthompson]

Well... there is one thing the hippies got right

[id10t]

Should use standard IDE drives... at least my old iMac-dvd does, and the single cpu g4's here at work. Of course, you won't get the Apple styling, etc. but they work fine.

[techweenie]

Bryan, check out these guys -- look under peripherals --> storage

http://www.smalldog.com

Also:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/

[bryanthompson]

cool, thank you for the tip