Making a full 4.7Gb dvd

Hi!
I'm Having this problem with my 1.66 mac mini with superdrive:
When I try to burn a DVD+R with 4.7 Gb, the system tells me that it only has 4,38 Gb and that is a DVD-R, therefore I can't do it.
Does anyone knows what seems to be the problem?

What are you trying to burn onto the DVD?
Part of the problem seems to be one of definition of GB. From Wikipedia:
There are two slightly different definitions of the size of a gigabyte in use:
* 1,000,000,000 bytes (or 10 to the 9th power) bytes is the decimal definition used in telecommunications (such as network speeds) and most computer storage manufacturers (such as hard disks and flash drives). This usage is compatible with SI. Quotes from Seagate: "The storage industry standard is to display capacity in decimal", and "One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity", and similar quotes are found on the websites of other storage manufacturers.
* 1,073,741,824 bytes, (equal to 1024 to the 3rd power), or 2 to the 30-power bytes. This is the definition used for computer memory sizes, and most often used in computer engineering, computer science, and most aspects of computer operating systems. The IEC recommends that this unit should instead be called a gibibyte (abbreviated GiB), as it conflicts with SI units used for bus speeds and the like. HP states that Microsoft normally adheres to this definition.

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