A couple of questions about DVD drives. I have a G4 800 MHz with a CD drive and another G4 w/mirror doors that only has a CD drive as well. At the time we purchased these machines we didn't see a need for DVD. Now we'd like to use DVD to transfer large files (approx. 1- 2GB) between two locations. We normally send our publications to our pre-press department over our T-1 connection, but there has been the occasional time that the line has been down and we are looking at a backup plan in the event it is down for a long or crucial time period. Most of our publications will fit on a CD, but I have a couple in excess of 1GB. Prior to getting our T-1 we used JAZ drives but they are a rather unreliable media.
What I wondering is can we replace the existing CD drives on these machines with internal DVDs? Do they have to be Apple DVD drives? (I understand that Apple's software will not work with external drives so I wasn't sure about internal. ) If the drives can be replaced with internal drives what are some good ones to look at? Is there a better, less expensive option, I'm not aware of to transfer files of this size? Thanks! Beth | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
