Thanks for posting this. My Mac Mini Intel's optical drive has trouble reading DVDs half of the time and I've been wanting to have a DVD burner anyway. This sounds like a good match. I assume the only thing you would need to do is remove the faceplate before installing.
Piru wrote:
@Jeff
Also what about upgrading the optical drive? I'm sure mine didn't come with the Superdrive.
Ok, I upgraded the optical drive in my Mac Mini G4 with a 8X dual layer drive: Optiarc AD-7630A.
Below is a screenshot from within Leopard showing the supported media types:

Everything works just fine. The drive was 50€ in a local shop.