External USB DVD writer for Powerbook G4

Buzzard2010

Buzzard2010


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MacBook Pro 15" 2014, 2.2GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 250GB SSD, OSX 10.9.5 - iPhone 5s 16gb
Can't see why not, in the product description it even says
Supports:Windows 98/SE/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/VISTA/Windows 7；Mac OS 8.6 or above；Linux
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- Simon
 
Kevriano

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Your Mac's Specs
20" Intel iMac 2.4 Ghz/3G Ram/320HD, Snow Leopard. PBook G4, 1.5Ghz/1.5 Ram/250 HD, Leopard 10.5.6.
I would be more tempted to go Firewire to be honest, for the simple reason that you can then boot from install discs from the external, something you can't do in USB drives.
 
harryb2448

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Silver M1 iMac 512/16/8/8 macOS 11.6
Go Firewire as Kevriano advises, you will not be able to boot the G4 using USB, even USB2. This means you will not be able to boot from operating system discs and utilities that require booting from disc such as Apple Hardware Test, DiskWarrior etc.
 

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