MacResQ offers Power Mac G3/G4 SuperDrive upgrade
updated 11:15 am EST, Mon November 24, 2003
PM G3/G4 SuperDrive upgrade
MacResQ announced today a new as part of its PowerMacResQ repair program. The new service offers Power Mac G3/G4 owners to upgrade to a DVD/CD burner. Owners of the Power Mac G4 or Power Mac G3 Blue & White can now easily replace their built-in CD-RW-only or DVD-only drive with a drive that can burn CDs and DVDs that can be played in most consumer CD/DVD players. The price for this "SuperDrive" upgrade is $300, and includes pick-up at the customer's location, overnight delivery to the PowerMacResQ service center, expert installation within 24 hours, and return overnight shipping to the customer. A ground shipping version of the upgrade is $250.
The tray-loading Pioneer DVR-106 4x "SuperDrive" DVD-R/CD-RW is bootable
and compatible with Apple's Mac OS X, iDVD, iTunes, Disc Burner, and
Apple DVD Player, as well as other third party applications. The drive
writes CD-R at 16x, writes CD-RW at 10x, writes DVD-R & DVD+R at 4x and
writes DVD-RW & DVD+RW at 2x.
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SuperDrive Upgrade
This a good deal although to pay ~ $150 for installation is a tad costly considering the same Superdrive is at OWC for $150.
My 2¢'s.