DVD RAM Drivers for MBP?

Does anyone know of a 3rd-Party driver that allows us MacBook/MacBook Pro users to take advantage of DVD-RAM? I know older desktop systems allowed this feature.
Cheers

I assume you're looking to write to DVD-RAM disks? The MacBook Pro will read these disks, but not write to them. In order to write to one, you'll need to purchase an external drive.
See this document, page 74:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBookPro_UsersGuide.pdf

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