External dvd burner mac firewire full#
Just REMEMBER that if you don't already have an aftermarket USB 2.0 adapter board installed, you WILL need to get it to utilize the full speed of a USB external drive. That is an External Firewire, (or Firewire AND USB) burner. The last option is the easiest and the fastest and the simplest, but also the most expensive by far. This is a medium cost solution, and requires a small amount of knowledge and skill, the same as the first option. The next solution is an External USB 2.0 burner, combined with installing a USB 2.0 add-in card. It would be hard to spend more than about $80 on this option. You can get these starting at $25 to $35. The best and least expensive is to buy an internal burner. So, to review, you have basically three options. Just follow the instructions, or look them up on the web for your model of G4. All you need usually is a medium (#2) Phillps screwdriver. This is by far the least expensive solution, and in most cases it is fairly easy to install.
External dvd burner mac firewire install#
G4 towers are fitted with Firewire 400 ports built in.Īnother option is to install an INTERNAL CD/DVD burner. It is not very practical to burn DVD's with USB 1.1 It might work, but it would take forever (like an hour or two to burn a full DVD). USB2 and Firewire 400 are roughly about the same speed. USB 2.0 is rated at 480 Megabits per second, so you can do the arithmetic. USB 1.1 is rated at 12 Megabits per second. There is virtually no equipment manufactured with slow USB anymore. Most USB Expansion (add-in) cards provide two or four ports. You could buy an add-in adapter board to provide "fast USB" ports, which is called USB version 2.0. The built-in USB ports in the G4's are "USB version 1.1", which is referred to as "slow USB".
There are also External USB CD/DVD burners. Since you describe yourself as a novice, the easiest but most expensive solution would be to buy an External Firewire CD/DVD burner.
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