Are you sure that Toast uses both processors in the dual G4 for burning? Perhaps one is doing the work and the other is not used, resulting in a slower speed. While that does not explain the "twice as long", there may be another factor. Quoting Wayne Dobson <pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx>: > I selected 8X burn speed instead of 'Best', which did increase the speed a bit, but still averaged 2X >overall. Could it be a bad drive motor bearing or dust? --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo