Re: Apple Lags Behind On DVD-R/RWs?
- From: GreyCloud <cumulus@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:44:13 -0600
John Slade wrote:
"GreyCloud" <cumulus@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:_uCdnV-cAMFenUjUnZ2dnUVZ_tli4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxJohn Slade wrote:If there is any more proof that Apple is lagging behind on it's novelty machines, just look at the Mini and the iMac. All models have 8x DVD-R/RW drives. Why don't they have 16x, 18x or even 20x DVD-R/RWs on their mainstream computers. Dell and HP have computers that are cheaper that come with faster drives. I'll tell you the reason, when you make a proprietary novelty machine, it's hard to upgrade to the next drive. Right now I can put a Blue-Ray player on a Dell or HP computer, do that with Apple's mainstream computers. To get a Blue-Ray player inside a Mini or iMac, you have to wait until Apple designs a new one, if they don't plan to drop the turkey that is. Your only choice is to buy a USB drive and that means more desk clutter which negates the main selling point of the Mini and iMac. The only Mac that has a newer DVD-R/RW is the Mac Pro and who is dumb enough to buy a $2500 machine just to get a better optical drive? For those who don't know, the reason the Mac Pro has a drive is because it has a big case where you can install an off the shelf drive in it easily.Guffaw! Because the vendors can't put a reliable RW dvd out at those higher speeds, that's why.
That's why most people use DVD-Rs not DVD-RWs. The "R" means "recordable" not ROM in this case.
You missed the point on this one.
When you insert a blank DVD into an Apple dvd drive and using the disk utility tool,
and have something to record, the tool makes a suggestion of a lower speed for a
successful burn. Then it verifys the burn. Going faster may make a coaster or on
a rewrittable dvd a redo. So is speed such a big deal?
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