Question: G4 Cube and DVD burner?

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Mirsky - 01 Feb 2006 02:59 GMT

Hi. I am looking for some expert advice. I own a G4 Cube that has a
450mhz processor and 768 megs of RAM. Its DVD drive is broken, so I am
looking to purchase an external DVD drive for it. LaCie has a firewire
drive that is compatible with Mac. However, it says the system
requirements are a 500mhz processor and 128 megs of RAM. Does that
really mean it won't work with my 450mhz model? Has anyone had any
experiences trying firewire DVD rewritable drives with a 450mhz G4? Any
thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks,

Mirsky

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David Wood - 01 Feb 2006 03:46 GMT

>... looking to purchase an external DVD drive for it. LaCie has a firewire
> drive that is compatible with Mac. However, it says the system
> requirements are a 500mhz processor and 128 megs of RAM. Does that
> really mean it won't work with my 450mhz model? Has anyone had any
> experiences trying firewire DVD rewritable drives with a 450mhz G4? Any
> thoughts are appreciated.

I'd check Cubeowner: http://cubeowner.com/kbase_2/ for more info.

I have a LaCie d2 DVD-RW firewire (LightScribe) external which I used
happily on precisely your configuration (till I upgraded to dual 1.7
GHz and 1.5 GB), and it continues to work fine. But: I've never used
rewriteable disks, so remain silent on that issue.

Good luck!

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David Dunham - 04 Feb 2006 05:25 GMT

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<mirsky-D3B4EB.18591331012006@sn-radius.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,

> Hi. I am looking for some expert advice. I own a G4 Cube that has a
> 450mhz processor and 768 megs of RAM. Its DVD drive is broken, so I am
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> experiences trying firewire DVD rewritable drives with a 450mhz G4? Any
> thoughts are appreciated.

I've now used two external DVD burners with a 450 MHz Cube. The most
recent one is a LaCie I bought last month, which does double-layer DVDs.
I haven't noticed any special problems yet with the new drive, and
certainly none with the older model.

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Man Cubus - 17 Feb 2006 20:26 GMT

You may also want to buy internal DVD-+RW DL drive, check out MCE site, or
cubeowner.com.

> Hi. I am looking for some expert advice. I own a G4 Cube that has a
> 450mhz processor and 768 megs of RAM. Its DVD drive is broken, so I am
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>
> Mirsky

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Bob R. Kenyon - 18 Feb 2006 08:10 GMT

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<mirsky-D3B4EB.18591331012006@sn-radius.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,

I don't think the speed matters as far as just connecting the DVD writer
to the box. The speed will matter when you try to compress something to
put on there. I bought a DVD writer for my Cube a couple of years ago,
and it worked fine. It also convinced me to buy a G5 because the Cube
couldn't really handle the video stuff I wanted to do. ;)

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