Can the ibook play an 80mm mini cd/dvd?

If you insert a 80mm CD into a slot-loading drive, it will likely become stuck in the drive, and the computer likely won't play it.

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Don't do it. It will break your drive and you will need to replace it - even if you can get it out after inserting it (which is unlikely) it can break the ejecting mechanism so even normal CDs don't eject properly.

AFAIK, the only slot loading Mac's that could reliably read/write non-standard CD's without breaking something were the G3 iMac's (Indigo's,Summer 2001?) and later. After the G3 iMac's were discontinued the ability to use non-standard disc's went with them.

I used the mini disc's in my G3 all the time. I still do, and have suffered no ill effects, I never even had one get stuck. Unfortunatly this will damage a newer Mac's drive. I strongly believe this is a "feature" that Apple should bring back.

AFAIK, the only slot loading Mac's that could reliably read/write non-standard CD's without breaking something were the G3 iMac's (Indigo's,Summer 2001?) and later.

Apple does not recommend using them in any slot loading drive.

See KB 58641, Using nonstandard discs in optical drives.

A previous version of that article(as of Jan 21, 2003) stated that mini CDs and DVDs were compatible with slot-loading drives, but included a note that PowerBook drives could not accomodate an 80mm round disk. CDs and DVDs which weren't round were always listed as incompatible.

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Niel is correct, before the G3's were completely phased out and the article updated, it stated that round mini's could be used in G3 iMac's. Laptops were always a no no, and now that G3's are officially, completely gone,... so is the ability to use these disc's.

As I said I wish they could bring this feature back,... sometimes you just don't need a whole CD,.. :sigh: