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I almost grabbed one of these a few years ago when I was finally ripping all of my DVD's, but ended up just getting a cheap one off Amazon but its finicky. How
by nerdjon 2y ago
I almost grabbed one of these a few years ago when I was finally ripping all of my DVD's, but ended up just getting a cheap one off Amazon but its finicky.
How was the reliability of these things? Did it just generally work and didn't complain except for old age? I see that there are still some on Amazon so wondering if its worth just caving for the random times I do actually need to read an old disk or something.
- kayodelycaon 2y agoI have one. Plug it directly into the laptop, using an Apple adapter if necessary. It does something wonky with usb that does not work well with hubs or cheap adapters.
- jandrese 2y agoIt can be genuinely difficult to find optical drives that aren't crap these days. All of the quality manufacturers left the scene years ago, so everything is a rebadged no-name Chinese cost optimized system, at least for DVDs. Blu-Ray might be in better shape, I have not messed with them much.
- nerdjon 2y agoThat does seem to be my impression, and I can't exactly blame the situation. I mean realistically how many drives that are not in video game consoles are we realistically selling anymore? Even less at this smaller scale (I always assumed the SuperDrive was nearly identical parts as what was once in the MBP and other Mac's) that many of these portable drives are at. I so rarely actually need one, but it might be worth just grabbing one and it sitting somewhere so its there.
- lldb 2y agoI think the easiest way to do this is get a used sata drive from a name brand, and a usb to sata adapter.