Mac compatible DVD burners...

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pr0digy v.pr0digy v.
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Hi people, i want to get a good but cheap DVD burner to build into my mac.

I can't find a list of mac compatible DVD burners anywhere online, does anyone here know some ?

For PC i can pick one up for ± 20 bucks, but i doubt those are mac compatible.

I have a dual 450 MHz G4.



Thanks !

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    www.accelerateyourmac.com



    Check out the drive database area(link at top)



    get Patchburn at patchburn.de.





    Voila...you have a DVD burner. Good luck
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  • Reply 2 of 5
    pr0digy v.pr0digy v. Posts: 2member
    Thanks for the list, very helpful



    I have another question..... some of my dvd's and cd's take about a minute to mount... 2 of these cd's are boot cd's but because they mount to slow the mac cant find a system folder on it during boot.

    Any idea how this can be helped ?
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    robin hoodrobin hood Posts: 513member
    All drives are Mac compatible in hardware terms, the issue is whether drivers are available, or existing or third party drivers will work.
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    beigeuserbeigeuser Posts: 371member
    XLR8yourmac is reporting that Tiger will natively support many DVD burners. It will be safe to choose one of those Tiger-supported models. In the meantime, you can use patchburn.
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    cam'roncam'ron Posts: 503member
    I took a risk on a Sony DVD burner that specifically says it supports Win2000/XP only and it works perfectly fine. It just wont come up in finder, but using programs such as toast or popcorn work.
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