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Offline Guitarfreakk89

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« on: June 12, 2007, 01:43:37 PM »
Will the slot loading drive on the macbooks and macbook pro's load mini dvd's?
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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2007, 01:46:53 PM »
Oh, I bet you'd be in a world of hurt trying to get them in and out!  Has anyone tried this?  I know I had a lot of trouble retrieving a mini-cd from a slot load iMAC G3!
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2007, 01:51:19 PM »
I sure as heck wouldn't stick a mini-DVD in a slot-loading anything. There is absolutely no way to get them in properly and I've heard of people having to remove drives and take them apart to get the darn things out. The tolerances for slot loading drives are very fine - you can't mess around. Full-size disks only. In computers, I'd only ever try a mini-DVD in a tray-loading drive. If it doesn't work, it's a cinch to remove.
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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2007, 06:37:27 PM »
Yea my friend wants to get a macbook pro but his video camera is one of those that only records onto one of those mini-dvds
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2007, 09:08:43 PM »
gf,

Your friend might have to buy an external firewire DVD reader/writer.

My Pioneer 109 has tray that looks like it will accept the mini-dvds.

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