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    MacBooks and external USB DVD burners?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by hydra, Sep 24, 2007.

  1. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    I have the base model MB on the way. I figured I would just plug one of my USB LG externals into it as I have no problems with my E1705 doing countless coaster free 48x CDR or 12-14X dvd burns.

    Can we expect the same for the MB’s? I ask due to many people suggesting a $160 Lacie burner?

    TIA
     
    hydra, Sep 24, 2007
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    In most cases we can. There are some cases where you will have to download some 3rd party drivers for the Macbook, but those cases are not frequent. I cannot guarantee you anything, but the $160 Lacie DVD burner is of very high quality and has been proven to work flawlessly with OS X.
     
    Budding, Sep 24, 2007
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  3. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Thx Budding,

    I wonder who the Lacie OEM drive would be and which chip set they use? Oh well, I'll just wait and see..I haven't used a Mac since B&W-8.6 days. One of my LG's has firewire so I may be good.

    Cheers
     
    hydra, Sep 24, 2007
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  4. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    I plugged in my LG GSA-E40L 16X DVD burner. No Icon pops up in the finder but it shows up under the USB lists. If you insert a DVD movie disk, the DVD player sees and plays it. I did not check to see if iTunes would let you select it for burning.

    I found free program called Shadowburn. When time permits, I’ll see if this will let me burn with the LG. Any other suggestions?

    On a side note, I love how Tiger lets you handle ISO images and mount them. No third party drive emulation software needed.
     
    hydra, Sep 27, 2007
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  5. Cinner

    Cinner Notebook Evangelist

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    Try Disco. Burns discs alot faster than Toast in my case.
     
    Cinner, Sep 28, 2007
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  6. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah, Linux and BSD do this as well. Microsoft still hasn't gotten the memo on that one I guess...

    Of course, Linux also has integrated burning, even for DVDs, not just mounting.
     
    Paul, Sep 28, 2007
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