Mac Pro DVD burner reccomendations

[john dough]

The Sony that shipped with my MacPro is all of the sudden producing tons of coasters. The 2nd drive (Pioneer 116D) has always been slower than the Sony so I am going to change them both out.

Will any IDE DVD burner work? I have no need to burn/view blu ray media, just DL DVDs. Fast is good but reliable is better.

[jdc]

yup, anything IDE.

Pioneers are as good as any, newegg often has good deals.

Our lovely forum sponsor has pioneers for $40.

http://eshop.macsales.com/static_pages/F..._2009.html

[DRR]

Aren't Nehalem Mac Pros SATA only? So you might need a SATA drive depending on which MP.

[jdc]

DRR wrote:
Aren't Nehalem Mac Pros SATA only? So you might need a SATA drive depending on which MP.

True.

But since a 116 is IDE and hes already got one in there, he has IDE.

And now I see I linked to SATAs

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/superdrive/Mac_Pro_Xeon

[DRR]

jdc wrote:
[quote=DRR]
Aren't Nehalem Mac Pros SATA only? So you might need a SATA drive depending on which MP.

True.

But since a 116 is IDE and hes already got one in there, he has IDE.

And now I see I linked to SATAs

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/superdrive/Mac_Pro_Xeon
Oooh, good point, you win this round.