12 Powerbook ore Ibook? (12-14)

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  • Reply 21 of 22
    epleeple Posts: 4member
    the PB 12" writes cd at 24x speed, while the ibook writes at 16x speed.



    in non-altivec operations the PB speed will be about 5-10% faster than the 800mhz iBook.
  • Reply 22 of 22
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    The iBook doesn't write at 16x speed, even though that's the stated spec by Apple. Mine tends to either write at 4x or 12x, depending on whether the drive is spinning quickly when I click the "Write Disc" button. Normally it goes around 8x at the beginning and 16x near the end.



    It's an issue that Apple is aware of and they claim to be working on a fix. Until then, I just have to keep inserting the CDR over and over again until it behaves the right way to burn quickly rather than slowly.
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