[Clive]

I want to upgrade a machine to have an internal DVD-R/RW dual layer drive - does anyone have any recommendations on Mac friendly drives (I've heard that some won't write/burn from the Finder)?

Or, what drives are in current Macs, and where can I buy one?


-- Clive

[Stogieman]

I have no idea what the current macs are using. I do know that Pioneer drives were used on previous macs with superdrives. New Egg has a Pioneer 16x dual layer burner for $32.

Pioneer 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Read Black ATAPI Model DVR-111D - OEM at Newegg.com

[Clive]

Thanks, I was thinking that the Superdrives in Mac desktops were Panasonic, like the PowerBooks.

[Clive]

xlr8yourmac has a searchable database of user feedback on third party DVD (and other) drives, just found it here:

Accelerate Your Mac! Hard Drive, CDROM, DVD ROM, DVD RAM, CDRom Recorder, and Removable Storage Drive Compatibility Database

[angelmb]

I have the aforementioned Pioneer DVR-111D working flawless as internal burner for a MDD G4 Power Mac.

[angelmb]

I have no idea what the current macs are using.

It seems to be a SONY DW-D150a…

http://forums.macnn.com/65/power-mac...y-dvd-r-dl-mp/