Technically there is no difference between a Mac CDR/W and a PC one. They are the same device.
However, all these devices need drivers to make them work correctly and a lot of manufacturers do not make OS X drivers. All is not lost though. Although the system may not support "Native" burning (ie from the Finder or the iLife Suite) programs such as Toast will support the device. It is worth a try. There is also a small piece of software, whose name escapes me, that will add support for Non-Apple approved CD-R/W's and DVD-R/W.
The same theory applies to the SCSI card. However, if you are seriously thinking of using the SCSI burner, I would think again. It has to be old and slow. For a little over $60 you can get a 52X LaCie Firewire burner which will be supported by the system and the iLife suite. Don't try to mess with the SCSI device. They were bad enough when the system encouraged their use ![]()
Hope this helps
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..or does it have to be mac-compatible? I have a dvd-ram drive in there but could really do with being able to write cd's.
Also, but related, will my old scsi card work - to connect my old cd writer? Funnily enough, without trying, I'm not sure at all whether scsi has been completely dropped or not (I'm really out of touch!) I'm in 10.3.5

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