Pc dvd burner on a mac?

can u buy a normal pc dvd burner and stick it in a powermac g4? please reply to this if u kno coz we need to kno soonish

Yes and No.
For maximum compatibility with OS X and the iApps (burning from the Finder and iDVD etc) it's best to stick with certain makes and models that are fully supported. These tend to be the ones that Apple themselves use as SuperDrives.
If you have a certain DVD burner in mind you could always check out the drive compatibility database at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ to see whether there are any reports on it. Alternatively there are a number of other threads on this same topic in this section of the forums.
The Pioneer DVR-10x seems a popular choice (109, 110 etc). OS X 10.4 seems to support a wider range of drives than 10.3, certainly newer drives that have only recently appeared on the market. However, PatchBurn can be used to add support for some http://www.patchburn.de/
I hope this helps.

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Regards.
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