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SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz)
This is a discussion on SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) within the Big Macs Archives forums, part of the Archived Threads category; Planning to buy a second-hand Power Mac G4. The seller's description says it only has a combo drive. Are there ...
- 12-05-2008, 03:31 PM #1Mac Lover
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SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz)
- 12-05-2008, 03:38 PM #2Mac Fanatic
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Re: SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) the optical drive of the G4 is the same optical drive in PC's.
you could buy a DVD writer and it would work just fine.
also, the G4 model you bought is capable of 2 optical drives.sprezzatura
- 12-05-2008, 03:43 PM #3Mac Lover
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Re: SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) Was worried about OS/app support for generic DVD writers, though maybe that's more of a problem on an external drive enclosure's chipset. So I guess this would be overkill/wasting my money?
- 12-05-2008, 03:51 PM #4Mac Lover
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Re: SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) Thanks, sascoordinator.
- 12-05-2008, 04:00 PM #5Mac Fanatic
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Re: SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) no problem.
actually, i also once asked it before here
i also tried searching for that thread about optical drives but i
think it was already archived..sprezzatura
- 12-05-2008, 06:30 PM #6Mac Lover
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Re: SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) Tried searching first, but I got an error message. Think the server was busy.
- 12-07-2008, 04:04 AM #7Mac User
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Re: SuperDrive for Power Mac G4 (MDD, dual 1.25Ghz) Definitely overkill! I use a Liteon 20x Lightscribe DVD writer on my G4.
Originally Posted by JohannChua 
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