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External DVD/CD burner with Lightscribe

Do I need an external Lightscribe DVD/CD writer that is "Mac Compatible"? Before I switched to an iMac, I used an HP Lightscribe enabled CD/DVD burner and all my friends really loved their labels. Now they're spoiled so I want to get a USB or Firewire external with Lightscribe. I can find lots of external drives locally, but none that are listed as being for a Mac. What would happen if I hooked up a drive that had no "Mac Compatibilty"? Would it work? I'm looking specifically at an HP Drive that is 20X. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Rich

Aluminum iMac 24" 2.8, 4Gb RAM, 750 Gb. HD, Mac OS X (10.5.2), WindowsXP Home under Boot Camp

Posted on Feb 15, 2008 12:39 PM

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Posted on Feb 15, 2008 3:31 PM

Lacie do a Lightscribe drive (and software) for the Mac:

http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10014


regards


mrtotes

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Feb 16, 2008 11:02 AM in response to RichardIII

RichardIII wrote:

The drive comes with a firewire (400) cable but can also be
connected via USB 2.0.

Is one better than the other?


There should be +no difference+ in performance for an external optical drive.
Use whichever is most convenient (or most reliable). There might be some
differences in how well the FW vs. USB drivers work for your particular drive.

In the case of external hard drives, firewire 400 is a little faster than USB 2
(about 20% faster) -- but they're both much faster than any CD/DVD drive.

Looby

External DVD/CD burner with Lightscribe

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