External firewire/usb DVD +/- RW drive

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Mike

Hi everybody,

I am also considering buying an external DVD +/- RW drive.

I have two concerns:

1. Although I am french, I am in Canada right now. It seems to me that the LaCie products seem nice, but they are a lot more expensive in Canada than in Europe. I suppose this is because LaCie is mainly a european company. Or maybe I am wrong and just didn't look at the good resellers? What are the good alternatives to LaCie, that are cheap in Northern America?

2. I have an ibook with a not so big harddrive. What is the typical free space that should be left on the the harddrive to burn a DVD (assuming that what I want to burn on the DVD is already on the harddrive)? I'm just asking about cache or related issues, so that everything functions properly.

would the LaCie Slim DVD±RW (fierwire) work with iDVD

You responded to a post about the LG GSA-5163D external DVD drive. I bought one, and it plays CD's and DVD's just fine, but I can't burn anything on it. The CD that came with it is incompatible with my ibook G4. Do you have that version? How did you get the software? I'm going NUTS trying to figure this out, and I'm overseas and need to be able to burn CD's.

Thanks!
amershon@boreal.org

I just bought the LG GSA-5163D disc burner, and it plays CD's and DVD's well. Unfortunately, the software for burning CD's is incompatible with my ibook G4, and I'm getting the run-around from LG. I'd recommend getting the LaCie Toast Burner, which I had at home (I'm overseas now). It works like a CHARM!

Good luck!
Ann Marie
Istanbul