Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

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Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support all the DVD and CD formats. The speeds of the drives are rated by their DVD-ROM and CD-ROM transfer rates. The original DVD drive (1x) ...

CHIBA, Japan--When Apple Computer announced new iMacs at last week's Macworld Expo/Tokyo, one feature was conspicuously absent: a DVD-ROM drive. In place of the DVD-ROM devices available in earlier ...