Burning to external CD drives - is it possible?

Hi there
Does iTunes support burning to external CD drives?
I could be wrong but I think read somewhere that this is not possible. I hope you can correct me as I'm looking for a faster burner with LightScribe feature.
Many thanks

Yes some do, at least modern versions (really old ones wouldn't and you had to use a utility called patchburn). See bullet #3 on this page...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/7.3/en/576x.html
Patrick

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