> * An ongoing debate between Alan Zisman and Ed Vance rages on ...
> 
> 
>  EV>> I bought this HP XP computer in 2006, would the HP Drive handle
>  EV>> the 7GB discs?
> 
> You need to know if the drive supports Dual-Layer (DL or 8GB) format. Not sure
> when that came out, so maybe buy a few and try one? :-)

From what I can find out Double layer came out in 2004. For a while both -R
and +R media was on hte market. 
Now you can only get +R media

typo tom