I'm a very FIRM believer in Lite-ON drives as far as reliability, performance, and longevity are concerned. Every single one of my Mac towers has been fitted with a Lite-ON of varying ages and I've never had a failure of the drive, failure to read a disc, or failure to burn a disc. Using various media of varying degrees of quality I have *NEVER* (knock on wood) burned a coaster on any machine fitted with a Lite-ON drive. I've got beige G3's onwards using them and all machines boot natively from the drives with no sweat whatsoever. Interestingly I don't even have to use PatchBurn on any of the older OSXes.......burning natively from Apple apps just works.
Considering the hundreds of PeeCee towers I've built using them, the dozens of Macs I've upgraded with them, and the number of people I keep track of who use them, consider this a very strong recommendation for Lite-ON drives. On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:06 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > Hi All > I want to hear from folks who do mostly DVD burning with external drives I've > always had the best luck with Pioneer drives like the 116 and 118 L. But I've > made my share of coasters and am open to some new drives, so I'd like to get > some brand and model opinions? Also the best media for DLs. > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda USA > Sent from my MBP > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
