Leopard Dual Layer DVD, Macbook drive

Well i'm planning upon purchasing leopard but i was wondering, does the 13inch macbook 1.8ghz model have a DVD reader capable of reading dual layer DVDs? I was wondering because i've noticed its called a Combo drive. Also when i bought my macbook, it came with tiger install DVDs, single layer, two of them. Anyone whos been able to install leopard on their macbook 13inch 1.8ghz proccessor, it would be great if you could just post a reply saying it works. I cant wait to order

Thanks for the reply, but the only thing that makes me think now is, my drive cant burn DVDs, however it can read them, i suppose i only have to find one of my old windows DL DVDs and just try mounting them,
Thanks

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