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Mac Forum / General / General / May 2007why slow dvd burning on macs?
hello, I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's or dvd's is slow compared to a pc with winXP. Why is that? I had to burn ISO images from a download and it took over 1 hour to run. On PC, it took about 30 minutes or so. Just wondering, Oskar > hello, > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's > or dvd's is slow compared to a pc with winXP. > Why is that? Nah - I have used Mac OS and Windows for years and there's not much difference in speed. Chances are you are comparing older Macs with newer PCs with newer and faster CD/DVD drives. > I had to burn ISO images from a download and it took over 1 hour to > run. On PC, it took about 30 minutes or so. The Macs you used were likely older than the PC, and since they were older, they had an older, slower CD/DVD drives. It's probably just that simple.  SignatureJR > hello, > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Oskar Most likely the PC you used had a faster DVD burner than the Macs. Andy > hello, > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's > or dvd's is slow compared to a pc with winXP. > Why is that? Most Macs have slot-loading drives which are inherently slower (both read and write) than the tray-loading drives that most PCs have. > > hello, > > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Most Macs have slot-loading drives which are inherently slower (both > read and write) than the tray-loading drives that most PCs have. My Dual 1GHz G4 (ca. 1999?) came with a Pioneer-104 DVD writer. It took over 45 minutes to burn single layer DVDs. I replaced it with a 110D and it now takes less than 30 minutes for a dual layer DVD (without verification). SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... > > > hello, > > > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and it now takes less than 30 minutes for a dual layer DVD (without > verification). Yes, drives have gotten faster over the past few years. My G4 iMac came with a 2x burner...the dual G5 came with a 4x burner, replaced with an 8x burner (when I wore it out)...the MacBook Pro's slot loader is a 6x, and the Mac Pro's tray-loader is a 16x. BTW, I _hate_ slot-loaders, so I have external tray-loading burners (16x) to use with any of my 4 Macs. 16x DVD burns take about 5 minutes (less than 10 if you do the "verify" pass). SignatureSpenser > > hello, > > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Most Macs have slot-loading drives which are inherently slower (both > read and write) than the tray-loading drives that most PCs have. Eh? How is speed inherently related to the laoding mechanism? Certainly particular drives are slower than particular other drives. But I rather doubt that it has anything to do with the loading mechanism. By the way, though I realize you did say "most", I have slot drives on most of my Windows boxes; I like the slot ones better. But then, I'm not most people. Yes, I know that most PCs do have the trays. SignatureRichard Maine | Good judgement comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgement. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain > hello, > I've noticed on several macs (laptops and desktops) that burning cd's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Oskar It could be due the fact that OS X defaults to "verify disk after burning" and Windows doesn't. Also OS X sometimes optimizes/defrags the disk image before burning. It could be problem on slow CPU/HD and low mem Macs. It could also be basically slow CD/DVD burner (or outdated firmware, run software update) too. Ilgaz > I had to burn ISO images from a download and it took over 1 hour to > run. On PC, it took about 30 minutes or so. That PC sounds pretty slow. My Mac (and it's three years old) burns a complete single-layer DVD in under five minutes. Mark Geary SignatureDon't forget to stop and eat the roses. |
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