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Apple CD-RW Drive: Cannot Write to High Speed CD-RW Discs TIL article #58785 notes: "The CD-RW drive included with some Macintosh computers can read from, but cannot write to High Speed CD-RW discs.
Some troubleshooting tidbits we discovered while working with a LaCie FireWire CD-RW drive: Cannot boot from CD-RW FireWire drive Any bootable discs mounted by the CD-RW drive, including the ...
That is twice the capacity of CD-R and CD-RW discs, which hold 650MB. The technology doubles the capacity of the discs by essentially shrinking the space between the tracks on the media.
The DD-R and DD-RW discs can hold 1.3GB of data--twice the capacity of current disks. The new drives will cost $249 and will be available in April.
Verbatim Corp. has released what it calls the industry's first 32x Ultra Speed + CD-RW discs. With the ability to write and rewrite at speeds of up to 4.8MB/second, users can burn a 10MB file in ...
Apple has confirmed that the CD-RW drive included with some Macintosh computers can read from, but cannot write to, high-speed CD-RW discs. In a Tech Info Library document updated Monday and first ...
Because writing to a CD-RW disc at 10X takes only marginally longer than writing to a CD-R at 12X–7 minutes versus 6 minutes for a full disc–using CD-RW for everything but CD audio makes sense.
It also writes CD-RW discs at up to 10X and reads CD-Audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 40X. For the music freaks, it can rip a typical audio CD in less than two minutes.
In the end, I shelled $10 out for one CD-RW. The others are coasters, without so much as having anything burned on them!<P>Lesson learned. Name brand CD-RWs only. Office Depot?
Ritek accounted for 20.0% of the total global shipment volume for DVD+R/-R discs, 21.5% for DVD+RW/-RW/-RAM (rewritable) discs and 18.7% for CD-RW discs for the third quarter of this year, the ...
The new discs are compliant with Orange Book Part III Volume 3 specifications, and work well with “Mt Rainier”-compliant CD-RW burners. Their archival life is rated at more than 30 years and ...
CD-RW sales may trigger disc supply shortage, Taiwan retailers begin raising prices Using a conservative estimate, if every CD burner owner purchases 90 blank CD-R discs every year, the demand for ...