Buying A New DVD Burner and putting It in This ...... ?

Could you put a new DVD Drive/ Burner in a 2000 G4 Powermac with 10.1.5 OS
864MB Ram 30Gb HD. It has only a CD-Rom in it now. The Processor speed is 466Mhz. So getting a new drive would help or would it not work ?
Also would this LACIE D2 Dvd+-RW double Layer drive Firewire work on this computer ? it says on the box MAC OS X 10.3.2 Or Higher.
I want to install Tiger On it, and its only the DVD install, and do not really want to order the CD Set Up disks, and it would be good to have a DVD player on it anyway. Thanks

Sure.
16X DVD-/+ DVR-111 or ND-3540, under $40 online newegg.com & others...; in early G4's such as yours, you don't need to remove the drive tray faceplate, so it's a simple job. You can search the KB for customer installable parts, to get a pdf or video directions should you need them.

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Can anyone recommend a New DVD burner compatible with Retrospect?

I'm hoping some more experienced users can help me find a new DVD burner for my trusty old G4 (Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 - mirror doors).
My original Superdrive still functions, but has become a little erratic at times (and is a tad slow - like me), so I'm considering a new external burner (Firewire preferred). I've located a new LaCie drive (22x, DVD-DL, lightscribe, etc etc) model reference 301484U, but I cannot determine if it is Retrospect compatible.
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