Does this laptop burn DVDs?

lostboy87 | 21:45 Thu 03rd Mar 2011 | Technology

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http://www.argos.co.u...er/5084856.htm?tag=pb

Just want to know because from the specs it does not say?
Thanks!

MP4 to dvd writer?

Does multi format dual layer mean that the drive will burn disks?

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Buenchico

According to the Sony website, the most basic Sony VAIO's drive is "Reader / Writer (DVD+-RW/+-R DL/RAM)":
http://tinyurl.com/6y93cz3

Chris

gingejbee

Full specs says it has DVD optical drive, so it reads from and records to (burns) dual-layer discs

lostboy87

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So when it says optical on specs on a laptop it means that they will burn discs?

Buenchico

No.

An 'optical' drive is simply one that uses laser light to read (or, where appropriate, to write) data from (or to) to a suitable disk. (Old-fashioned floppy disks were placed into magnetic drives. Your computer's hard disk is also a magnetic drive). So all CD and DVD drives are 'optical drives', irrespective of whether they're capable of writing data to disks.

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