I have an older iBook that does not have an internal cd burner. I would like to burn cd's from my itunes playlists, as well as copy audio disks. I am pretty sure it is the 2001 dual usb model. It has 500 Mhz g3 processor, and 576 Mb of memory. I would appreciate any tips/suggestions on the matter regarding the most appropriate external burner given my needs and what i am working with. The most importand factors for me are speed and cost. If i have left out any important info, please let me know. I appreciate any and all input.
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Hi,
I would consider getting a firewire burner, as with USB 1.1 the burn speeds are severely limited, and you have more options on speed/type of burner (CD,DVD,etc)
Hope this helps.
Also, what price range are you looking into? That will help us find you a good burner for the price you want..
Danny
I used a Plextor 40x12x40 USB 2.0 burner with my iBook, and at USB 1.1 it was only able to gt about 4x burning and I had to use a patch hack to get it to work with iTunes/Disc Copy.
QPS QueFire CD Burners. . . As long as you are using an operating system newer than OS 8.6, and have a firewire port, this is a fine way to go, and I see them cheap on Ebay. Mine burns a CD at 12x speed (it writes a full disk in about six minutes). You do not need any patches to use this with iTunes.
Mutant_Pie
Check the apple compatibility list. Then dig in for an hour or two on our old pal ebay. DEFINATELY go with a firewire drive. USB 1.1 is just too slow for the job. If you just want a cd burner you should be able to get out the door for under $40.
A TDK VeloCD, man, that thing would burn a full 80 minute CD in under two minutes, holy crap it was awesome! It started to flake out, and I had purchased my DVD burner, so I sold it for more than I paid for it!