After being first out of the gate with Mac support for dual-layer DVD burners, and earning the Editors Choice in our recent roundup of those drives (.

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Just insert a LightScribe disc, data side up, into the drive and use the included LaCie LightScribe Labeler software to create your own custom, monochrome labels etched onto the surface of the disc.

The drive senses if the disc is inserted properly; it wont attempt to draw on the data side of the disc and it wont attempt to draw on non-LightScribe media.

Since LightScribe requires specific hardware, the technology has to be built into the drives by the manufacturerupgrades to existing models are not available.

LaCie is selling LightScribe capable 8x R DVD media for about 2.50 a disc.

Comparable inkjet printable media is available for between 50 cents and 1.00 per disc.) You can also use the drive to burn non-LightScribe discs.

The single-layer, DVD-R write speeds are also slower, 8x versus the 16x speeds of the previous winner.

It took 22 minutes to print one of the included label templates.

LightScribe has announced that a free softwarefirmware update will be available soon that promises to cut printing time in half.

Macworlds Buying Advice This first LightScribe enabled DVD drive for the Mac features all of the latest technologies, dual-layer burning, and LightScribe label printing, and costs only 10 more than LaCies non-LightScribe drives.

Once they eliminate the speed tradeoff (slow burn and print speeds) this drive will be much more attractive.

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