[jeremiah77]

I'm looking to buy a dvd burner for my g3 600 MHz, 512MB. os x 10.3 imac. I was looking at this one http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con....111&is=REG

but i notice the specifications ask for a G4 500 MHz processor. would it still work on my g3? Would it be worth it?

[discotronic]

The link doesn't work.

Tell us a little about the drive. Someone here might already own it and can give you some good advice.

[jeremiah77]

It's called the:

Lacie 16X d2 DVD+/-RW Double Layer External FireWire/USB-2 DVD Writer

[rjenkinson]

it should still work, though you may not be able to get 16x out of the drive if your machine isn't able to feed it enough data. i have a different external drive that works fine with an 800 MHz G3.

-r.

[tooki]

Note that if you plan to be making video DVDs, you really need a faster Mac. Encoding the MPEG2 video will takes ages (by which I mean hours and hours and hours per hour of footage).

If you just want it for data burning, it should be fine.

This month's Macworld magazine has a review of a bunch of FireWire DVD burners, by the way. It might be worth checking out before buying a drive!

tooki

[subego]

xlr8yourmac has a few reports of DVD burners in G3 iMacs (I found 9).