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Plextor 708 Drives
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Minimum Systems Requirements
CPU: Pentium® III 800MHz or above
HDD 800 MB - 1 GB free space for copying CD to CD image
6 GB free space for DVD authoring RAM 128 MB
Monitor Display Resoution 1024 X 768 at 16-bit color
OS Support - Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP™
Mac OS 9.1 or above
Interface: Dual IEEE 1394 and Hi-Speed USB
Plextor 52x Premium drive
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Minimum Systems Requirements
CPU: Pentium® II 300MHz or above
RAM: 64MB
HDD: 1GB free space for writing in CD to Image mode
ATAPI interface: DMA must be set to ON in every OS.