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Using the CD-ROM Drive
This chapter provides information on the CD-ROM drive (also called a
CD-ROM player). Refer to Appendix A, “Health, Safety, and Maintenance
Tips” for information on the proper handling of these discs.
Your internal CD-ROM drive for Macintosh computers works with
CD-ROM discs, standard audio compact discs (CDs), and single-session or
multisession Photo CDs. Your CD-ROM drive provides access to large
amounts of information. However, you cannot save information on CD-ROM
discs. ROM stands for read-only memory, meaning that the drive cannot
“write” information onto CD-ROM discs.
A wide selection of CD-ROM discs is available for entertainment, education,
and business. A typical disc can hold over 650 megabytes (MB) of
information—the equivalent of 270,000 pages of text, up to 8 hours
of speech or music (depending on the sound quality), hundreds of high-
resolution images, or any combination of text, sound, and graphics.
Read this chapter for information about
your computer’s built-in CD-ROM drive.