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iDVD dilemma
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Allen Park, Mi, USA
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My problem is this: I have a two year old imac, that I am almost done paying off. It's great, I've had no huge problems with it. But now, I really want to be able to burn my own DVD's. I have so many home movies, that it would be easier to catalog on a DVD.
I've tried iDVD on the G4's at work, and it's a great little program. A few bugs, but nothing major.
I can use the company computers to burn DVD's, but it is a major pain to try to either bring my camcorder to work, or try and edit it at home on iMovie, than find a way to bring it to work to actually burn.
What's my point you might say? My point is, do I really have to buy a new G4 to be able to burn at home? I'm still very happy with my imac, so the only reason to upgrade would be to burn DVD's.
Does anyone know if :
a) iDVD will ever work on G3's (like my imac)?
b) iDVD will ever work on anything except the Superdrive?
If I can answer yes to either of these questions, than I can just upgrade my external CD-RW to a DVD-RW and I wouldn't have to upgrade computers.
Thanks,
MS
P.S. I know DVD Studio Pro and an external DVD-RW is always an option, but I really want the iDVD simplicity.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Montreal, Canada
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Easiest and most productive way out of your situation - buy a portable Firewire drive (assuming your iMac can handle Firewire).
Store your files on the FW drive, do all your edits on the iMac, and then do render/burns overnight on your understanding boss's G4.
You can always use the drive on any future mac, and it will cost far less than a SuperDrive or any iMac that will eventuall be supported.
P.S. I used to be the "employer" in this situation, and you will generally find that "employees" who show a little bit of initiative and gumption are rarely turned down. This situation usually works very much to the employee's advantage.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Near Antietam Creek
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buchrob is dead-on. I wouldn't disregard a full 3.5" external FW drive, though. Yes, they are larger and usually require AC, but they have higher capacities, better throughput, and cheaper prices. If you are shuttling it back and forth to work, rather than jet-setting with it, the extra bulk might not be a big deal.
Have fun.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mexico
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You could buy an external lacie dvd-r, I think it is the same model as the superdrive, maybe it is compatible with iDVD.
Also a new option would be the new Que! DVD-r DVDram firewire drive.
I have a friend that has almost the same situation, he just takes his imac to another friend's house and usign a firewire cable converts the imac in an external fw drive, then you just use the data on the drive with the computer that is going to burn the dvd. Hope this helps.
Best regards 
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
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You could buy an external DVDR drive, but those run around $900, and you wouldn't be able to use iDVD with them. You'd have to buy DVD studio Pro. Roughly you'd be spending about as much, if not more as you did on your iMac.
I agree with the other posters, Grab yourself a hefty Firewire drive that's portable and see if your Boss will let you do it during Lunch or something like that..
Good luck to you.
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