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    ultrabay vs. dual layer

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sepandee, May 18, 2007.

  1. sepandee

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    what's the difference?
     
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    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    A lot. Ultrabay means that the optical drive is in the notebook's ultrabay, a space specifically design so that certain components like optical drive, removable hard drive, or extra battery can fit in.

    Dual layer refers to the number of layer on a dvd disk. In fact ahs nothing to do with ultrabay at all.
     
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    oh. So tell me, DVD-ROM 8x, ultrabay slim, is that a DVD recorder or not? If it is, what's the difference btween that and the DVD Recordable 8x MAX dual layer?
     
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    If it's just DVD-ROM, then it only Reads DVDs/CDs.
    But if it's DVD-+RW, then it burns DVDs and Reads them.
    DVD-+RW/DL, means it can burn regular DVDs and also burn Dual Layer DVDs and read both.
    Then there's also the Combo Drive:
    DVD-+RW/DL/CD-+RW, which burns DVDs, DL DVDs, CDs, and read all 3 formats.
     
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    Sw00p Notebook Guru

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    usually a combe drive is a ODD that can read CDs and DVDs but only can write CDs
     
    Sw00p, May 19, 2007
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