external optical drive

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external optical drive

I am thinking about buying a mac mini and wonder if could use the optical drive on my mac book pro as the external optical drive if needed to burn dvd's?

Posted on Jun 25, 2013 7:21 PM

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Ziatron

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Jun 25, 2013 7:37 PM in response to Bga526

Not directly.

Of course you could always copy the file over to your MacBook Pro and burn your DVD that way.

Personally, I much prefer the Mac Pro over the Mac mini (I own and use both). The expandability and serviceability of the Mac Pro is wonderful. Additionally, you can get it with 2 built-in optical drives.

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den.thed

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Jun 25, 2013 9:20 PM in response to Bga526

Most any USB Optical Drive will work with the Mac's.

If your really serious about importing your CD collection and burning CDs and DVDs, then a tray loading desktop optical drive is far better than any portable slim SuperDrive.

Many including myself have have very good results with the LG GE24NU20 and LG GE24NU30 desktop drives.

see > LG GE24LU20 Reviews and/or get it at > LG Electronics GE24LU20 - Best Buy

Other good choices include LaCie's and OWC Mercury Pro's

see > LaCie - LightScribe DVD±RW, Duplicators and Blu-ray - USB 2.0 & FireWire

and > SuperDrive DVD, DVD Dual-Layer, CD-R/RW, Blu-Ray Optical Drive Solutions

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