[Floyde]

Howdy

I was wondering what the superdrive burning speeds should be. I recently burnt 4.2gig onto a dvd and it took about 30 minutes... is this right??
I didnt use any 'special' burning software, just inserted a dvd, named it and drag and dropped.

Cheers

[Dr. Smoke]

Hi, Floyde.

It depends on the model Mac you have. Mac Superdrives have always been seen as slower than comparable drives in PCs -- seems to be a factory setting. In the latest G5s, you can get up to 8X on DVD-R/RW, but earlier versions were slower.

Check the specs on your specific Mac.

[Floyde]

Hiya Dr Smoke,

I have one of the new PowerBook G4's.
I guess I just wanted to know if about 30 mins for 4gig of files was right.