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<blockquote data-quote="quatermass" data-source="post: 999725" data-attributes="member: 25087">Hi.&nbsp; I have a 15&quot; MacBook Pro that's two years old.&nbsp; Like many people, I've never been able to burn a dual layer DVD on this machine.&nbsp; I can burn them just fine with my old 450 MHz G4 tower with its 1 gig of RAM.&nbsp; But it seems to be too much for the 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo machine with 2 gigs of RAM.&nbsp; This isn't a huge problem for me because, as I said, I can burn them on my old machine.&nbsp; However, I'd like it to work on my newer and more portable one.&nbsp; When I first discovered the problem, which was a while ago, I poked around the web and discovered many other people seemed to have the exact same problem.&nbsp; However, I never found a solution.&nbsp; All the threads just sort of stopped.&nbsp; Increasing RAM was suggested, replacing the optical drive was suggested, changing the media was suggested, but I never found someone who responded with a, &quot;Thanks, that worked!&quot;The drive works flawlessly otherwise.&nbsp; No other problems with the computer.&nbsp; It's long out of warranty, and if replacing the drive will fix it, that's not an expensive fix.&nbsp; I'll do that someday.&nbsp; But I'm just curious as to why a much older and slower machine could do this task so easily while the newer and speedier one can't seem to do it at all?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="quatermass, post: 999725, member: 25087"] Hi. I have a 15" MacBook Pro that's two years old. Like many people, I've never been able to burn a dual layer DVD on this machine. I can burn them just fine with my old 450 MHz G4 tower with its 1 gig of RAM. But it seems to be too much for the 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo machine with 2 gigs of RAM. This isn't a huge problem for me because, as I said, I can burn them on my old machine. However, I'd like it to work on my newer and more portable one. When I first discovered the problem, which was a while ago, I poked around the web and discovered many other people seemed to have the exact same problem. However, I never found a solution. All the threads just sort of stopped. Increasing RAM was suggested, replacing the optical drive was suggested, changing the media was suggested, but I never found someone who responded with a, "Thanks, that worked!" The drive works flawlessly otherwise. No other problems with the computer. It's long out of warranty, and if replacing the drive will fix it, that's not an expensive fix. I'll do that someday. But I'm just curious as to why a much older and slower machine could do this task so easily while the newer and speedier one can't seem to do it at all? [/QUOTE]

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