May
17
LaCie To Ship 4.7 GB DVD-RAM
Drive
includes 400 Mbps FireWire connectivity
by
David Nagel
Senior
Producer
LaCie
showed off a forthcoming DVD-RAM drive at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference
today. The drive supports the 4.7 GB DVD format and comes equipped with FireWire
connectivity. The LaCie DVD-RAM drive will read from discs currently accepted
by CD-ROM, CD audio, CD-R, CD-RW and video CD drives, as well as DVD-R, DVD-ROM
and DVD video drives.
In addition to reading and writing bare 4.7 GB discs, the drives will also read and write earlier 2.6 GB and 5.2 GB DVD-RAM media at data transfer rates of up to 22 Mbps.
The drive is expected to debut this summer. The product will be offered in external configurations and include cables, the LaCie DVD-RAM software drivers for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and Macintosh operating systems and one DVD-RAM disc. DVD-RAM media will be available in single-sided 4.7 GB disc and double-sided 9.4 GB disc formats. Pricing has not yet been established. For more information, visit http://www.lacie.com.
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