Hi Marta, A combo drive will burn CDs and play DVDs. A superdrive will burn both DVDs and CDs. This includes both write once media as well as rewritable media.
Many computers can have their original drives removed and replaced with a superdrive. There aren?t many cpus that you can?t. We can retrofit most desktop units as well as some laptops, particularly titanium powerbooks. G4 towers are the easiest. The amount of memory your computer has doesn?t have a direct bearing on what kind of optical drive you can have. But obviously, if you?re looking at a superdrive upgrade because you want to do Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro or iDVD projects, a generous amount of RAM is preferred due to your software requirements, not just because you have a superdrive. 8X Pioneer superdrives (DVR-107) can cost as little as $200 plus installation. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Marta Edie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:21:56 -0500 To: MacUser Group MacUserGroup <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Subject: MacGroup: combo-superdrive Folks, am I correct that with a SuperDrive in your machine you can burn Cds and DVDs, but with a ComboDrive you can only play them? -And is it possible to exchange a Combo for a SuperDrive in your computer later if you bought one now with only a ComboDrive ? And are 256 MBs enough for a SuperDrive? I am getting these questions from a friend who is in the purchasing mood with monetary restrictions. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040218/c0504a1d/attachment.html
