Results 1 to 3 of 3
-
12-23-2006, 09:23 AM #1
- Member Since
- Dec 23, 2006
- Posts
- 2
What drive to buy to upgrade Mini to Superdrive?What drive should I buy if I want to upgrade my Mini to a Superdrive? Any Small form factor superdrive?
-
12-25-2006, 02:14 PM #2
- Member Since
- Oct 19, 2006
- Posts
- 152
Well, I was thinking of doing this, but my dad tried something with my Mini last night that is making me think otherwise. He couldn't get a DVD image to work right on his PC that I made on my Mac, so he took an enclosure, and a DVD burner, and connected it via USB to my Mini.
Worked perfectly, and I was able to burn the DVD. Just my 2 cents, as it may be cheaper for you to look into an external DVD burner rather than opening up the mini and installing a superdrive.PC: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, 2 GM RAM, Total 750 GB HDD, Windows Vista Business (For gaming), Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (64-bit), Slackware 12 (For GTK# coding)
Mac: 1.66GHz, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD, Mini
-
12-25-2006, 02:30 PM #3
- Member Since
- Dec 15, 2006
- Location
- Oak Harbor, WA
- Posts
- 913
- Specs:
- 2.33Ghz Core2Duo MacBook Pro /// 2.2Ghz Core2Duo MacBook
Very true statement, along with that you may be able to get an external enclosure and a DVD burner that is actually faster than the superdrive that Mac offers. I can tell you from experience that when it comes to burning DVDs & such, I use my PC, because it is much faster, although I do prefer to use Handbrake on my Mac for ripping DVDs for iPod, just because it's a nice, one-step process, whereas it takes a few steps on my PC with the tools I have.
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Similar Threads
-
MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.1 13" Combo drive upgrade to superdrive - possible?
By mdpkeenan in forum Apple NotebooksReplies: 4Last Post: 06-29-2009, 04:10 AM -
IMAC G4-Superdrive burn errors: apple repair or buy non-apple external drive?
By AndrewD888 in forum Apple DesktopsReplies: 0Last Post: 05-15-2008, 07:19 PM -
Combo Drive to Superdrive upgrade?
By Gav in forum Apple NotebooksReplies: 1Last Post: 06-23-2007, 01:08 PM -
Upgrade hard drive or buy external?
By Scott R in forum Apple NotebooksReplies: 12Last Post: 03-13-2007, 04:55 PM -
Mac Mini: Go ahead and buy with 256MB and upgrade the RAM myself?
By DJ-phYre in forum Apple DesktopsReplies: 5Last Post: 01-25-2005, 01:27 PM