Its Official..i'm making the leap

[pveticket]

Thats right, I'm getting an Apple G4 IBook. Yeah, I know its not the newest system, but it is installed with Tiger. Im getting it for 400 dollars from one of my dads friends who supplys computers to his company.
I'm so happy, i'v been saving up so much to get an Imac G5, but this will do. I'v used Macs tons before, I even know how to use final cut pro, ect.
I'm so utterly exited! Woo hoo!

[mikeland]

Congratulations on the new Mac!

[audibleatom]

good for you...Macs are the way to go

[Spidergrrrl]

good for you...Macs are the way to go

Hear, hear!

Congrats on your new-to-you macbook, pveticket!

[pveticket]

Thanks all!

[pveticket]

I do have one question for everyone. Can the Ibook g4s burn dvds and cds? I cant find that info anywhere

[penguinsoda]

I think it depends on if its equipped with the combo drive or the super drive. If it has the super drive I believe it will burn both. And I'm not sure how to determine which drive it has in it....

[flynnibus]

I think it depends on if its equipped with the combo drive or the super drive. If it has the super drive I believe it will burn both. And I'm not sure how to determine which drive it has in it....

System Profiler should show this

[pveticket]

I opened it and can't tell, can you help me out on this? It says:
TEAC DV-W28SLA:

Firmware Revision: 2.0H
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 1419 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type: DVD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No

[Westley]

I opened it and can't tell, can you help me out on this?
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

looks like it should burn all single-layer DVD media (DVD+R and DVD-R)

[pveticket]

See below post

[pveticket]

looks like it should burn all single-layer DVD media (DVD+R and DVD-R)

Does that mean i can burn dvds to play on regular dvd players?

[flynnibus]

Does that mean i can burn dvds to play on regular dvd players?

Yup. You should be able to burn right out of iMovie or iDVD. The only catch is compatibility of your DVD player to media. If memory serves, DVD-R media tends to be more compatible.

Your screen showed you can write both write-once DVDs (DVD-R, DVD+R) and read-write (write multiple times) media DVD-RW. DVD-RW is only really used for data, and not used often given the price of write-only media is so low.

[pveticket]

Yup. You should be able to burn right out of iMovie or iDVD. The only catch is compatibility of your DVD player to media. If memory serves, DVD-R media tends to be more compatible.

Your screen showed you can write both write-once DVDs (DVD-R, DVD+R) and read-write (write multiple times) media DVD-RW. DVD-RW is only really used for data, and not used often given the price of write-only media is so low.

So i should only invest in the write only dvds?
Thanks for your help!

[flynnibus]

So i should only invest in the write only dvds?
Thanks for your help!

If you are just looking to make MOVIEs to play on a DVD player.. yes. Just pickup a stack of 25 or 50. This type of stuff is very often on sale or with mail in rebates. So if you hold off and wait, typically you can get a great deal