[Robertk2012]

I have a 900 G3 ibook can I use an external burner with it?

[OreoCookie]

Yes, with Toast. I have one, connected via FireWire.

USB burners won't work, since they require USB 2.0.

[Robertk2012]

What kind are you using and how fast can I expect it to burn?

[zubro]

Originally posted by Robertk2012:
What kind are you using and how fast can I expect it to burn?

Hi,
I am authoring DVDs and making menuswith this set up plus Toast6 to burn the images of my DVD Studio Pro projrcets and it works great!:

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System Profile
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Software Overview:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| System version : Mac OS X 10.2.8 (6R73) |
| Boot volume : |
| Kernel version : Darwin Kernel Version 6.8: Wed Sep 10 15:20:55 PDT 2003; root:xnu/xnu-344.49.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC |
| User name : dual450 |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Hardware Overview:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Machine speed : 450 MHz |
| Bus speed : 100 MHz |
| Number of processors : 2 |
| L2 cache size : 1MB (times 2) |
| Machine model : Power Mac G4 (version = 2.9) |
| Boot ROM info : 4.2.8f1 |
| Sales order number : Not available +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
FireWire Information:
FireWire (built-in):
Porsche250_BU:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Volume Size : 232.88 GB (1K = 1024) 251 GB (1K = 1000) |
| Ejectable : No |
| Writable : Yes |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- FireWire Device Information -------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Speed : 400 Mb/sec |
| Unit SW Version : 10483 |
| Vendor Name : LaCie |
| Product Name : LaCie Hard Drive Firewire |
| Vendor Identification : WDC WD25 |
| Product Revision Level : 15.0 |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- FireWire Device Information -------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Speed : 400 Mb/sec |
| Unit SW Version : 10483 |
| Disc Burning : Not supported. |
| Vendor Name : LaCie Group SA |
| Product Name : > LaCie 1394 DVD-R/RW+CD drive LUN 0 |
| Product Identification : DVD_RW ND-2500A |
| Vendor Identification : _NEC |
| Product Revision Level : 1.06 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------

[OreoCookie]

I have a Toshiba 4x (R) 2x (RW) burner in an external FireWire enclosure.