Will burn my Mac Pro a DVD-RW DL or DVD+RW DL ?

I need to do a lot of proof with DVD DL and I think that would be cheaper for me if I use a RW DL, the problem is that I don't know if my Mac Pro will burn such a DVDs.
This is the info about the Disc Burning:
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4165B:
Firmware Revision: Q002
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
Many thanks ..... Hugo

Hi Malcolm, thanks for your answer but I think this is not my problem, I need to burn DVD+RW DL(Rewritable), I know my computer burn DVD+R DL(Recordable) without problem, but What about DVD+RW DL?
Any idea?

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Date/Time: 2007-07-01 12:17:06.864 -0700
OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2218)
Report Version: 4
Command: Combustion
Path: /Applications/Combustion 4/Combustion.app/Contents/MacOS/Combustion
Parent: WindowServer [57]
Version: 4.0.5.5031 (???)
PID: 259
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
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2 Oxygene.dylib 0x01891554 OXViewPalette::Show(long) + 380
3 Footage.oxp 0x173f6c27 FootageOperator::ShowUI(OXRouteDesc*) + 387
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7 XPLib.dylib 0x0021b29c Do_Event(unsigned short, unsigned long) + 570
8 XPLib.dylib 0x002ce5bf Do_CustomEvent(XPCustomEvent*) + 333
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10 XPLib.dylib 0x002d5344 AppEventHandlerXP(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 7502
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17 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df1fbc SendEventToEventTarget + 56
18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92e35eb3 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 81
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92e348cb RunApplicationEventLoop + 165
20 XPLib.dylib 0x002cf2c0 HandleGUIXP() + 308
21 XPLib.dylib 0x003182cb XPCApplication::PumpMessages() + 11
22 XPLib.dylib 0x0031a507 XPCApplication::Run(long) + 129
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24 com.autodesk.combustion 0x0000270a _start + 228 (crt.c:272)
25 com.autodesk.combustion 0x00002625 start + 41
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1 XPLib.dylib 0x00316a61 WaitSemaphoreXP(unsigned long) + 31
2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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1 XPLib.dylib 0x00316a61 WaitSemaphoreXP(unsigned long) + 31
2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
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1 XPLib.dylib 0x00316a61 WaitSemaphoreXP(unsigned long) + 31
2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
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1 XPLib.dylib 0x00316a61 WaitSemaphoreXP(unsigned long) + 31
2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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1 XPLib.dylib 0x00316a61 WaitSemaphoreXP(unsigned long) + 31
2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
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2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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1 XPLib.dylib 0x00316a61 WaitSemaphoreXP(unsigned long) + 31
2 XPLib.dylib 0x00316cec TaskFunc(TaskParams*) + 48
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1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce1da9 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
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edi: 0x17005c40 esi: 0x1cc59094 ebp: 0xbfffd048 esp: 0xbfffcff0
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