I need to replace my now expired win7 pc and am looking at getting an iMac to replace it. However I will need to get a DVD drive for it for my music CD's but have read conflicting reports about the apple drive. Has anyone any experience of using it? Any feedback would be appreciated. By the way this forum has been has been very useful in making this decision! Thanks. Ian
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Pretty much any USB drive should work. A quick google found one of these at Currys for £24.99 - LG GP57EB40 External Ultraslim DVD Writer - Black
The Apple ones are about three times the price and unless you need it to be bootable which you almost certainly never will are a waste of money, IMHO.EOS 7D mk II, Sigma 150-660C, Canon 17-85 EF-S, Tamron 10-24 and a wife who shares my obsession.
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Thanks for the responses, I've seen reports that they were not particularly reliable and they are dear. It doesn't need to be bootable, I need For my dance and music CD's. May also need it to load photoshop elements, depends if I decide to go with the subscription version or not.
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I am looking to change my iMac mid 2018 and will need a separate DVD drive when I change. However, my current iMac is early 2008, with the integral DVD drive and I have never had any problems with it. For anything computer related to still be working well after 9 years seems pretty good to me.
So will I go the inexpensive route and save a few pennies, or pay the extra and go for the Mac Superdrive? Well, the pleasure gained from making a small saving will last me about five minutes and from then on, I will berate myself for being such a tight git and putting up with second best.
I will definitely go the Mac route.Colin
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An iMac will be a whole new experience for me
I haven't had one lesson on how to use a Mac and haven't needed it.Colin
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I managed to get an Apple superdrive thrown in as part of the deal when I bought my latest iMac. I have an old HP CD / DVD drive connected to a USB hub, but I wasn't going to say , "No." when they offered the superdrive.
Now that I have a MacBook Pro without the built-in drive, the superdrive comes into its own, being swapped (on an increasingly infrequent basis) between that and my wife's iMac. It seems to be reliable, and stands up to abuse much better than other portable drives I've used in the past, but to be honest, I'm using USB pen drives more and more these days - it's only the occasional customer who requests photos on CD or DVD.Canon EOS 6D Mk II, 700D, Canon 24-105mm L, 100-400mm, 100mm f2.8 L Macro.
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(Incidentally, the reason I bought two was because I was transferring about 500 CDs to iTunes and wanted to see if the software would handle parallel uploads. It recognised both drives but would only import from one drive at a time. It saved some time by being able to load one drive while importing from the other but not as much as full parallel imports would have.)
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Getting a drive thrown into the deal is a good idea, i had thought about asking for that as I will be spending quite a lump of money. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Don't think I need two though, one is sufficient for my needs. No one seems to have had any adverse comments about them so I'll go with it.
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The external CD/DVD drive on my iMac doesn't have heavy use, but it has functioned absolutely fine for the last 5 years.Canon EOS 7D
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