Hi, i am a Mac newbie.
The computer I am dealing with has a CD drive. How can I find out it
is a CD writer or just a CD reader?
The device informations shows like the following:
Vendor: Matshita
Product ID: CD-ROM CR-589

Does "CR" means it's a CD writer? or only "CDR" means it is a CD
writer?
Thanks in advance.

Eddy
BTW, when i insert a blank CD, it gives message like "CD is locked"

Hi,
That is 32X CD-ROM how could you get the idea from letter R(eader) to
W(riter)?
Tony

eddie wang wrote:

> Hi, i am a Mac newbie.
> The computer I am dealing with has a CD drive. How can I find out it
> is a CD writer or just a CD reader?
> The device informations shows like the following:
> Vendor: Matshita
> Product ID: CD-ROM CR-589
>
> Does "CR" means it's a CD writer? or only "CDR" means it is a CD
> writer?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eddy
> BTW, when i insert a blank CD, it gives message like "CD is locked"

"©z" <cromezulu[at]videotron.ca> wrote in message news:<Vc_Xa.54968$ls5.864900[at]weber.videotron.net>...
> just use google :)
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>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=CD-ROM+CR-589&btnG=Google+Search
>
> ------------------cut above-----------------------

While the above link gives provides a good clue as to where to find
the information on the drive, Google query of

Matsushita CD-ROM CR-589

gets you closer.

The second or third link down get you:

http://www.mke.panasonic.co.jp/en/device/discontinue.html

Which includes a link to this page which indicates that the drive is a
cd-rom drive.

http://www.mke.panasonic.co.jp/en/device/storage/cd_rom/cr_589_b.html

Also, the Apple System profiler would have said CD-RW.

Robert