Fair enough...I didn't know they would actually be cheaper than the external drives. Can you pretty much put any enclosure on any drive? If not, how do you know if they will be com…

I'm going to skip all the fuss with buying a drive and a case separate and get one of those sexy and praised Sony burners.

Quote: Originally Posted by jszrules Fair enough...I didn't know they would actually be cheaper than the external drives. Can you pretty much put any enclosure on any drive? If …

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Enjoy spending more money for a slower burner! If this is what you call expensive and slow I sure will enjoy it! http://www.sonystyl…

mduell, thanks for all your help so far. I did a search on newegg.com for external enclosures that are 5.25'' and are IDE. Of the 8 remaining Kingwin results, the one you recommend…

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark Helmet If this is what you call expensive and slow I sure will enjoy it! http://www.sonystyle.com:80/is-bin/I...SKU=DRX810UL/T It has a pr…

The new burner and enclosure are working flawlessly and have solved my burning/reading problems. Thanks for all the help!

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark Helmet If this is what you call expensive and slow I sure will enjoy it! http://www.sonystyle.com:80/is-bin/I...SKU=DRX810UL/T Sexy. Howeve…

Hmmm... Interesting... My +R discs burned in my Apple Pioneer K04 drive worked fine in my Cube (which has a Matsushita SR-8186 DVD-ROM drive). However, my +R discs from my retail …

I am a new Mac user that began the new journey back in October of 2005. I am so glad to be a MAC user. What a relief! I could use some guidence. I own a G4 powerbook and use it as …

I have one of these LG external burners and it has worked flawlessly for me using both USB2 and Firewire. http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__LG_El...iter,__7160109

Quote: Originally Posted by broadcastgoddess I am a new Mac user that began the new journey back in October of 2005. I am so glad to be a MAC user. What a relief! I could use so…

Can someone tell me if the Macally PHC-500BC enclosure will hold both a 5.25 DVD and a 3.5 hard drive at the same time? The docs I have seen states that it SUPPORTS most 5.25 ATAP…

Quote: Originally Posted by stormyday Can someone tell me if the Macally PHC-500BC enclosure will hold both a 5.25 DVD and a 3.5 hard drive at the same time? The docs I have se…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Yes, you can put almost any drive in almost any enclosure; a nice result of having standards that manufacturers follow. Good enclosures are fr…

Quote: Originally Posted by ShazamItsDavish2 External drives won't work with iApps etc. Yes, they will.

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Yes, they will. That's weird. I've done some searching and it seems like they /do/ work with TIger. It's strange because my firewire DVD b…

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...67646937874348

HA, I knew it!

How about Doom http://idoom.hyarion.com/screenshots.php

how bout <insert timeline here>

holy crap . . . . . where's the instructions? i wonder how pissed SJ's gonna be!

The Website it's linked from doesn't reveal anything, the site says that the Nano is running linux. I'm Impressed. I wonder if that means that the regular Photo could be taught to …

While this is interesting and all, it's not like these guys have gotten the nano to play videos from the iTunes music store or anything (at least not without lots of conversion). T…

Not to mention that battery life will suffer greatly; I notice that use of the backlight on the nano impacts the battery life a lot more than on my 3G iPod...