I have some good news and some no so good news.
Good news first:
10.3 comes on a CD, no need for the DVD device.
Yes, you can swap the existing drive for another. (Straight swap)
Yes, you can still record regular CD's with the CD burner
Not so good news:
10.4 running on a 466Mhz machine will not give you the experience that you would like. It will work but it will be slow.
10.3.9 (after software updates) will run like a champ on that machine.
DVD burners (8X Dual Layer) are cheap, check out www.macsales.com, and are very easy to install.
You cannot get two Optical devices into that tower.
Any help?
P
Greetings! I have a 466 MHz G4 that has an internal CDR drive. I am upgrading to OSX 10.3 (or 10.4) but I need a DVD drive to do it. Question 1: can I fit an internal DVD drive along with the CD drive in the tower, or do I have to swap it out? Question 2: can I still record CD's with a DVD drive? and question 3: what kind of DVD drive?
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