Media Drives and Features
CD/DVD Media Capabilities on Full Set of Application Workstations
System | Installed Media Drive | Burning Capabilities & Information |
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Dell GX620 |
DVD/CD Dual Layer Drive |
Dual Layer drives are capable of burning up to 8.5 gigabytes of data on special dual layer discs (DVD -DL). The drives can also burn 4.7 gigabytes of data on all formats of DVD discs, including DVD+, DVD+RW, DVD-, DVD-RW. The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data. |
| Located: 1st Floor West Wing - Reference Area | ||
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Gateway E-4300 |
DVD/CD Dual Layer Drive |
Dual Layer drives are capable of burning up to 8.5 gigabytes of data on special dual layer discs (DVD -DL). The drives can also burn 4.7 gigabytes of data on all formats of DVD discs, including DVD+, DVD+RW, DVD-, DVD-RW. The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data. |
| Located: 1st, 2nd , 3rd, and 4th Floors - East Wing, 1st and 2nd Floors - West Wing |
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Dell GX270 |
DVD/CD Single Layer Drive |
This drive can burn 4.7 gigabytes of data to only one type of DVD format of DVD discs: DVD+, DVD+RW The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data. CAUTION: Using any type of DVD-R, DVD-RW or DVD-DL media in this system may burn-out or damage the DVD optical lens, rendering it incapable of burning any disk media. |
| Located: 1st Floor - East Wing; 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Floors - West Wing |
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Dell GX260 |
CD Drive |
Select models of this workstation are equipped with CD Drives. These models only support playback of CD-R and CD-RW media. They do not have the ability to burn disks. |
| Located:1st, 2nd and 3rd Floor - East Wing; 1st, 2nd and 4th Floors - West Wing (Selected Resource workstations) |
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Macintosh iMac - Intel |
Macintosh SuperDrive |
The Macintosh SuperDrive essentially performs the same functions as the high-end drives in the Dell and Gateway systems. The key difference is that this system uses a thin slot where you "feed" the disk into the workstation. Dual Layer drives are capable of burning up to 8.5 gigabytes of data on special dual layer discs (DVD -DL). The drives can also burn 4.7 gigabytes of data on all formats of DVD discs, including DVD+, DVD+RW, DVD-, DVD-RW. The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data. |
| Located: 1st Floor - Collaborative Tech Lab - Presentation Room East Wing ; 2nd Floor - Collaborative Tech Lab - West Wing |
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Macintosh G5 |
Macintosh SuperDrive |
The Macintosh SuperDrive essentially performs the same functions as the high-end drives in the Dell and Gateway systems. However the G5 uses an older single layer and cannot support Dual Layer media. This drive can burn 4.7 gigabytes of data on all formats of DVD discs, including, DVD-, DVD-RW. CAUTION: Using any type of DVD+R, DVD+RW or DVD-DL media in this system may burn-out or damage the DVD optical lens, rendering it incapable of burning any disk media. The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data. |
| Located: 1st Floor - Cyber Cafe, 4th Floor - Digital Multimedia Center - West Wing | ||
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Macintosh G4 |
DVD/CD Drive |
The drive in the early Macintosh models was a standard DVD Player with a CD writeable drive. These drives are capable of playing both DVD and CD media. The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data. |
| Located: 1st Floor - South, East Wing | ||
Modified: 04/03/07