Subject: Re: Mostly Off-topic (Sorry)
To: Greg Evans <greg.evans7@verizon.net>
From: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/30/2006 00:32:27
> Just wondering if anyone knows for sure if the "Superdrive" in the Mac Mini 
> is dual-layer capable? It is a Matshita UJ-845C.  I looked all over the 
> internet and found many references to the same model # (UJ-845C) in other 
> computers from other Manufacturers as well as other versions(?) 
> (845B/845D/845S, etc.) and all of them are dual-layer capable.  I also found 
> another reference to the 845C being dual-layer with a different firmware 
> version than the one that came on the mini.

System Profiler. On my Mac mini, one of the lines under "Disc Burning" for 
the Matshita UJ-845 is:

   DVD-Write:	-R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL

The "+R DL" means it can burn DVD+R dual layer. Minis are cool.

John Klos