[shnootre]

Greetings. I am having various problems using my
superdrive on my new 15" 1.67 ghz G4 powerbook.
Copying DVDs, using the Disk Utility, is VERY SLOW. It
seems to take almost an hour to copy one disk. I'm here
w/ a friend who has a Power Mac G5, dual 2.7, and it also
takes a very long time on his.

Also, I have not been able to burn any CDs. I get an error
about calibrating the laser to the media. I've tried a couple
of different brands. I called Apple, and they say they only
officially support their own CD-Rs, and that I should keep
trying until I find a brand that works (or use theirs). Are they for real?
Has anyone else had problems finding compatible media?

Thanks for any and all advice.

[shnootre]

Okay, I just saw the thread down below about the Matushita drive's troubles with burning DVD-Rs up to speed.

But have people experienced the same trouble with CD-Rs (not burning at all) - if so, what brands have worked.

This drive is crap. I'm switching over from PC, where I never had any trouble like this. I guess Mac isn't quite the paradise it was always played up to be!

[AlejoPlay]

My combo drive on my 867 has stopped burning and I have no idea why. I have done everything I can short of replacing the drive.

[alianna_98]

shnootre: I have pretty much the same exact type of powerbook as you have, and I've burned CDs through Toast and iTunes. Didn't take very long (can't remember how long it actually took because I was distracted, but not more than 10 minutes for an audio CD). Haven't had any problems so far. I'm using the Sony branded CDs.