Apple Power Mac G5 - Manual (Page 16)

Versatile SuperDrive
Every Power Mac G5 ships with an internal SuperDrive, a combination DVD-R and CD-RW
optical drive, for reading and writing to DVDs and CDs. Disc burning is integrated into
Apple applications such as DVD Studio Pro, iDVD, and iTunes—making it easy to author
CDs and DVDs for use in most professional and consumer players. The SuperDrive is also
ideal for backup. CDs can hold up to 700MB of data; DVDs can store 4.7GB of data, the
equivalent of about seven CDs, 18 Zip 250 disks, or 3200 floppy disks. With Mac OS X, you
can archive data to CD and DVD directly from the Finder.
The industry-standard SuperDrive reads dozens of standard CD and DVD formats, and
the latest model burns discs twice as fast as before. It writes DVD-R discs at up to 4x
speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 16x speed, writes CD-RW
discs at up to 10x speed, and reads CDs at up to 32x speed.
16 Technology and
Performance Overview
Power Mac G5
Connecting to the Power Mac G5
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SuperDrive
Power button
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USB 2.0
FireWire 400
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Apple Display Connector (ADC)
DVI connector
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FireWire 400
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Modem
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