[X4U] Difference between DVDs and CDs?

[Mark Des Cotes]

On 11-Dec-08, at 7:28 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> Fabian Fong wrote:
>
>> However DVDs and CDs may differ in thickness or weight, it is  
>> probably not the cause for your recent experience.  During three  
>> years of continual usage, with frequent reading/writing of DVDs  
>> and CDs in its SuperDrive, my iMac G5 (20", iSight) has never  
>> "shot out" any CDs from its side slot in the way that you described.
>
> I have seen that exact issue on four different iMacs over the  
> years. Some machines do it, some don't. My mother's old computer  
> did that, to her cats' great amusement. I never saw a DVD in one of  
> those machines, however, and so can't comment on that.  Just now, I  
> used a postage scale to weigh five DVD blanks and five CD blanks,  
> and both stacks weighed 2.6 ounces. So I don't think weight is the  
> issue.  The stacks were also the same height.
>
> Daly
> ----------------------

That's weird, I was sure there must be a difference between the two.  
I'm not imagining this as I've tested it over and over. DVDs eject  
the way they are suppose to but CDs shoot out the side of the  
computer and bounce away.