No, I haven't bought the burner yet, Tee. And you appear to be saying that I'm better off buying the internal LG GSA 4163B with Firewire case, so I can swap the internal drives and still use the case. I'm glad you don't think I need Patchburn with OS X for data burns. Leith >On 30-Aug-05, at 11:02 AM, Leith Peterson wrote: > >> ..... I'm still digesting the technical info, but, to cut to the >> chase, do I really need this to just do simple data burns? > >No, not with O/S X >> And thanks, Eric and Tee, re that I should get a Firewire case for >> the LG GSA 4163B internal. Cutting Edge said they will do trade-ins, >> but 20% will be taken off. > >Does that mean that you have already bought the USB one? > >> Do you think I should just go for the slightly more expensive LG GSA >> 5163D external? And would I need Patchburn just to do data burns with >> this model? >> >> Pls let me know. Thanks. >> >> Leith > >The advantage of the Firewire/USB case is that it is "Hot Swapable", >which in simpler terms means that you can swap the internal drives; ie: >drop min a large hard drive; as well as unplug the case when the >computer is running; just drop the drive in the Trash & turn it back >on, or plug it in again and it will show up on the desktop. HTH. >TTFN, >TeeC > _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/