04-01-2008, 01:31 AM

hi!

im a new mac user. that being said, i have been slowly learning that the mac community is a little nicer than the PC world. for that, i thank you.

i have an intel imac that i want to upgrade. it has the dvd/cd-r combo drive and i would like to upgrade it to burn dvds. can anyone tell me what superdrive i need to get? i am seeing a bunch of stuff made by pioneer and such but nothing to confirm that it will fit my mac. its an imac with the core 2 duo with the acrylic case. 17 inch screen. any help would be much appreciated.

thanks in advance for being such great people.

Mike

04-01-2008, 05:57 PM

G'day and welcome dopey to Mac Forums.

Pioneer are one of the top manufacturers world wide of optical drives, DVD recorders and players etc. Installed a DVR-115D 20X Dual Layer burner in my G4 and can recommend it heartily.

Have a look at sites such OWC and NewEgg for details of the model you need and then start shopping around. You sure need a DVD burner today.

04-01-2008, 06:38 PM

Well, dopey, upgrading on a model like this will be difficult. Fast Mac offers a nice slot load drive but it's expensive and slow. I would recommend an external FireWire burner like this.
Why? Because taking apart the iMac is a chore and an internal burner will only burn at 8x while external burners work around 18x-20x.