DVD-RW or DVD+RW for iBook?

What type of DVD (-RW or +RW) will work for burning photos on my 4-yr.-old iBook running OS X 10.4.10? Staples recommended the -RW, but my iBook spits it out after trying to read it.

I'd strongly recommend an external Firewire, tray loading, burner rather than an internal superdrive in a situation like this unless you have a frequent need to burn discs "on the road".
A Firewire external burner will be much faster than an internal drive and will probably also handle a wider variety of disc types and brands. (In my own experience using Firewire for an external burner on a Mac is also much faster than using USB - even USB2)
The "slim line", slot loading, external drives look pretty but are slower and have more problems with disc compatability, than tray loaders.
I personally use an external FW burner (A pioneer drive inserted into an external FW case) in preference to the superdrives in any of our Macs. If you don't want to assemble such a thing yourself (the cheapest way to go), then have a look at something like the ones at http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MRFWU2D112/ and http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/VLFWU2D112/ for a couple of good quality drives at reasonable prices.
Cheers
Rod
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