17" Powerbook may not burn DVD-R at 2x speed...

...it might be 1x like the 15" powerbook.

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140978

According to the thread starter:

When I was at macworld this is the question I was asking the Apple reps. I just got this today from apple:
"The datasheets and web info were wrong. The new 17" will also only burn at 1X. Product Marketing is working on correcting the web and data sheets."

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I don't know how reliable this is, but it will make a lot of angry Apple customers if this turns out to be true. Not sure if this is new, but the specs on the webpage states:

SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW); writes DVD-R discs at 1x speed; reads DVDs at 8x speed; writes CD-R discs at 8x speed; writes CD-RW discs at 4x speed; reads CDs at 24x speed (15-inch and 17-inch models)

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The specs in the pdf file and the main webpage for the 17" model still states 2x DVD-R...hope this stays true.

The original pdf file has been fixed.

It is now 1x DVD-R burn speed, and 8x DVD read speed.