Is the superdrive in the Core duo Mac mini and the G4 mac mini the same ?

Question

I have a G4 mac mini with a busted super drive and someone is selling a core duo mac mini with ram and a super drive but a bad logic board.
Is the super drive the same in both machines ?
How tough is it to swap it to the other ?
I've done some Hard drive installations and ram installations using the macfixit guide but don't want to bust it I'm certainly not Mr Fix it.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

They are not the same.
Compare the PowerPC Mac Mini specs from Archive.org:
"Optional SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW): writes DVD-R discs at up to 4x speed, writes DVD-RW discs at up to 2x speed, writes DVD+R discs at up to 4x speed, writes DVD+RW discs at up to 2.4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 16x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 8x speed, reads CDs at up to 24x speed"
To the Intel Mac Mini specs today:
"Slot-loading SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW): writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 2.4x speed, writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed, writes DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed, reads CDs at up to 24x speed"