8x doesn't always mean 8x: dvd writers - stand alone and in powerbooks

Simple observation - the latest rev of the apple powerbook line sports Superdrives which burn DVDs at 8X speed.

8X it seems is relative.

A stand alone LaCie 8X DVD burner - DVD - 12 mins

New Powerbook Superdrive -DVD - 24 mins

Both were burning the same amount of data. The LaCie external was driven by a 1ghz powerbook over firewire. The internal powerbook was a 1.5ghz machine.

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