I wanted the give a heads up to everyone that the Blu-Ray Burner kit can be used for more than just burning Blu-Rays. The burner can read a good amount of disk media prior to Blu-Ray as well, this includes DVD, DVD DL, CDROM, and Mini CDs. The burner is an "in library use" item so using it with one of our in-house PCs will only really be a benefit if using it to burn Blu-Rays. This kit does have a few advantages when using it with laptops (especially Macbooks) and iMacs.
Mac computers have an issue loading Mini CD's as the computer has an autofeed device instead of a tray, which causes the Mini CDs to jam (as has happened before to one of our iMacs in Room B). Using the burner, which has an indentation in the middle of the tray for Mini CDs, will circumvent this problem.
Laptops and iMacs also do not have a second optical disk drive so the Blu-Ray burner can make copying CDs/DVD faster and easier.
The burner can also be of use to people with a Macbook Air or a laptop that has a malfunctioning disk drive. A few weeks ago a student wanted to load a DVD version of some version of OSX onto a Macbook, but the disk driver would not work. We were able to suggest the Blu-Ray burner as an option.
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