[G4] Can my G4 use DVD-R disks?

[Winsor Crosby]

On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 10:26  AM, Vicki Schalin wrote:

> Hi!
> I have a G4, 500 Mhz, AGP (winter 2000) with a drive that can read CDs  
> and read&write to DVD-RAM. I recently tested a DVD-R that a friend of  
> mine burnt but that disk wouldn't show at all in the finder. It  
> refused to mount.
>
> So, can my computer read any DVD-R at all, or was it just something  
> wrong with this disk?
>
> I haven't tested this before because I have never had any DVD-R  
> before, just regular DVDs bought in stores.
>
> This is my mac-model:
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/ 
> powermac_g4_500.html
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> / Vicki
> -- 
>

Is it custom? Apple did not introduce a computer with a drive that  
could write a DVD until 2002.



Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA