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stuffedmonkey
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Dec 7, 2003, 12:36 PM
 
Hello - I have a question for all you new G4 iBook owners - does the slot load combo drive read a burnt dvd+r disk? I'm planning on buying a new laptop over the holydays, but I have a large collection of things on dvd+r disks, and I need to be able to read them. Has anyone actually tried this? If not, I should be able to make it out to an apple store or chumpusa with a test disk next week or so.


Thanks in advance for any info...
     
macrick1
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Dec 7, 2003, 02:39 PM
 
I have a new ibook g4. To my knowledge, the ibook g4 line does not support DVD burning at all (though I have seen postings to the contrary). At least from the tech specs I've read, it only supports burning CDs and reading DVDs. This is a non-issue for me since I have an iMac desktop that has the Superdrive.

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moep
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Dec 7, 2003, 03:01 PM
 
to answer your question:

yup, mine does read dvd+r/dvd+rw/dvd-r/dvd-rw (recorded with a nec1300 in a doze 'puter) without a problem.
     
ccsccs7
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Dec 7, 2003, 04:59 PM
 
Originally posted by stuffedmonkey:
Hello - I have a question for all you new G4 iBook owners - does the slot load combo drive read a burnt dvd+r disk?...
I don't know how well those discs hold up to fire...

Oh. Did you mean pre-recorded?

Sorry, I felt like making a joke.
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stuffedmonkey  (op)
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Dec 7, 2003, 05:22 PM
 
Thanks Macrick!
     
   
 
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