$50 USB 2.0- (firewire drives are more) Supports 10.4
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/VLU2SD24XS/ It would likely be more expensive to get an external 5.25" firewire enclosure and a drive known compatible with OSX unless you could go used on the bay for cheap. On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Paolo Tassotti <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a new DVD burner for my Mac G4. > My old LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW has some serious problem with its power > supply, two in a row got broken in a few years. Since it seems to be > some sort of "inevitable design issue", I don't want to buy another > power supply (doomed to the same fate I imagine...) so I have to > resort to something new. > > Is there something both affordable and compatible with a G4 running > Tiger or Leopard ? > > Googling around I've seen that most of portable burners for laptops > seems not to work with PPC machines (probably dued to some problems > with usb 2.0 inteface...). > > All Firewire burners (from Lacie and other manufactors) are very > high-end (with BluRay support), thus very expensive... > > any ideas ? should I resort to a used unit ? > > thanks > paolo > > -- > -- > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
