External USB enclosure for DVD-R


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Hi,

If I were to buy a USB enclosure such as this, would I be able to put my NEC-1300 DVD-R that I currently use in my PC into this, then connect it to an iBook with the USB cable - would the iBook detect it?

Cheers,

Nick

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If he already has the drive, then getting an external enclosure like that would be the easiest way to hook it up to his iBook. Although, I would recommend Firewire instead of USB, if his is one of the iBooks that has Firewire ports. FWIW, I have seen enclosures like that MUCH cheaper on eBay, maybe about 1/2 that price.

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Thanks for your replies. I'm going for one of the new iBook G4's - at last, I think i've decided which Mac to go for, leaves money for an iPod! - it has a Firewire 400 port, so if I see a firewire enclosure i'll get it... I'm not going to use it much anyway, only for the occasional burn, so USB should be fine.

Yeah, i'm looking on eBay now.

Are you sure my drive will work just like that with OS X? Don't need any new drivers/firmware?

Nick

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BTW, make sure it's not powered by USB. I don't believe a Mac sends a large power signal to USB ports on the laptops. I remember trying to hook up an external enclosure with an HD in it to my PowerBook by USB. Wouldn't work on my PB, but would work on my G5.

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My PowerBook seems to power a 2.5" hard drive in a USB enclosure pretty well (even off of only one port), but I don't think it would work well without an external power source on a 3.5" hard drive or a CD or DVD drive because those require 12V & 5V and USB only provides 5V.

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The cheapest I can see is ?46.50 inc delivery: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...&category=14928

On the US eBay site I found this one for about $25, but unfortunately, they only ship to Canada or the US. I'm sure there should be some cheaper ones around though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6&category=3757

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While that drive is HiSpeed (480Mbps) USB, your iBook only has 12Mbps USB (unless it's a G4)... Which will be useless for burning DVDs...

Get a Firewire housing - it's faster than 480Mbps USB in data transfers (even if the rated speed indicates otherwise) and will work with a wider range of Macs

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While that drive is HiSpeed (480Mbps) USB, your iBook only has 12Mbps USB (unless it's a G4)... Which will be useless for burning DVDs...

Get a Firewire housing - it's faster than 480Mbps USB in data transfers (even if the rated speed indicates otherwise) and will work with a wider range of Macs

It's an iBook G4 i'm getting, looks like i'd best go for a Firewire one then... i've found them for about ?35 so that should be fine.:))

Cheers,

Nick

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