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I ordered the Dual 2.0 PowerMac on Thursday and it shipped tonight! The estimated delivery is on Monday. I'm hoping it comes sooner because I can't wait to use my new machine.
One question I do have is about the Super Drive. I noticed it does not list DVD-RW as a supported media? Does it not write -RW disks? I'm coming from the PC world and every DVD burner I've seen supports the -RW format.
I'm kind of a first time full Mac user. I did purchase a Dual 867Mhz G4 tower (my first Mac ever) over the summer from a friend, but sold it in a few weeks because it seemed sluggish in tasks such as web browsing and opening apllications such as mail. I've recently ditched my high-end PC and I will be using this Mac for all of my tasks. I haven't used Pather before, so I will probably be posting again for help haha.
Can't wait until Monday!
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the drive itself does, but Apple uses some shitty firmware that cripples some features of the drive. I am unsure if this is one of them, but I wouldn't be surprised.
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I thought it supported -RW but Apple crippled it not to support +RW...
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The drive itself isn't crippled. With third-party software (e.g. Toast), you can write it all. Also, iLife '05 enables -/+ R/RW use on all G5 models (since all the DVD writers in G5s support all 4 blank DVD types).
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Originally posted by tooki:
The drive itself isn't crippled. With third-party software (e.g. Toast), you can write it all. Also, iLife '05 enables -/+ R/RW use on all G5 models (since all the DVD writers in G5s support all 4 blank DVD types).
tooki
iLife `05 advertises that it supports all four types of DVDs (+, -, you do the permutations).
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Will the old 4X superdive support all 4 formats?
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Originally posted by KS-Jayhawk:
Will the old 4X superdive support all 4 formats?
no.
that's why I say buy the superdrive aftermarket. Pioneer DVR-106D, 107, and 108.
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Originally posted by OreoCookie:
iLife `05 advertises that it supports all four types of DVDs (+, -, you do the permutations).
Isn't that what I just said?!?
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Originally posted by tooki:
Isn't that what I just said?!?
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the original poster has the 8X superdrive, that's why I asked about the 4X superdrive.....
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The post I was commenting on was posted before your question.
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Originally posted by tooki:
Isn't that what I just said?!?
tooki
Probably, but it still depends on the specific drive.
Sorry for the dupe.
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wow that argument was retarded
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