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Optical drives

An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs are

used to store or transport data and to play music and movies. DVDs have a higher capacity than CDs.

The computer can read or write to optical drives as described in the following table.

Type of Optical Drive Read CD and

DVD-ROM

Write to CD-RW Write to DVD

±RW/R

LightScribe

DVD/CD-RW Drive Yes Yes No No

DVD±RW Double Layer Yes Yes Yes No

LightScribe DVD±RW Double

Layer

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are not necessarily all of the

supported optical drives.

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General

CPU	Intel Pentium M or Intel Celeron M
Chipset	Intel 915GM
Memory	Up to 2 GB DDR2
Graphics	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
Display	15.4-inch WXGA
Hard Drive	40 GB to 100 GB
Optical Drive	DVD\u00b1RW
Wireless	802.11b/g
Operating System	Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional
Battery Life	Up to 3 hours
Ports	3 USB 2.0, VGA, S-Video, Ethernet, Modem, Headphone, Microphone, ExpressCard/54