WOW. This surprised me.

[lu0s3r322]

I was burning a cd using Toast and i tried lifting my mbp on the lower right hand corner and i pressed down on it and it totally distrupted the burning process. I would think that Apple built more support over the drive so this wouldnt happen. I think the drive is ok...

 

[clevin]

alway place recording device stable, always

 

[wmmk]

I was burning a cd using Toast and i tried lifting my mbp on the lower right hand corner and i pressed down on it and it totally distrupted the burning process. I would think that Apple built more support over the drive so this wouldnt happen. I think the drive is ok...

odd. maybe that's a safety feature so that if the laptop is falling, it wouldn't bust any disks in the optical drive?
honestly, I have no idea what's up with that.
rather fishy......

 

[cardiac dave]

was same with my 12" iBook G4... the tolerances inside the drive must be pretty tight, as any motion can result in the edges of the disc rubbing something in there.

I never noticed any physical damage to discs though... just failed recordings.

 

[deadpixels]

I was burning a cd using Toast and i tried lifting my mbp on the lower right hand corner and i pressed down on it and it totally distrupted the burning process. I would think that Apple built more support over the drive so this wouldnt happen. I think the drive is ok...

i guess it's the price to pay when you own the thinnest 15.4" notebook available maybe the next gen could be made of titanium, wouldnt that be cool?

 

[Radam]

When your burning a disk your not supposed to move your computer anyways, because it could mess up the disk.

 

[scifiman]

I have seen this happen with all Apple laptops back to my TiBook in 2001. Basically if they are not level they will not rotate at a consistent speed and could coaster and if you press in the area above the drive you may interfere with the rotation of the cd.

 

[adiosk8]

Yep mine does the same thing. Kick your desktop while its burning a cd, you will also get the same message

 

[mr_matalino]

Yeah, I've learned that Apple has sensitive optical drives. When I burn something, I let my comptuer sit until it's done...I hate coasters!!