[CUBE] Advice on finding and installing SuperDrive in Cube

[Thubten Kunga]

Slot load SuperDrives are a new form factor that may have not reached 
the OEM market yet. I don't know who makes them yet. Anyone else on the 
list know the maker of the PowerBook slotload SuperDrives? Jenn's got a 
great idea. Until her post, I hadn't even thought it could be done. But 
now that she mentions it, why not? Just a matter of tracking down a RAW 
source and finding it on PriceWatch.com. On the downside, the ones used 
in the PowerBook are only 1x while the Pioneer DVR-105 tray loads are 
4x. On the upside, 4x media is very expensive so far while 1x media is 
dirt cheap. So it's a time/money tradeoff to burn DVDs fast (costly) or 
slow (cheap). But getting a Slotload DVR inside our Cubes would finally 
allow us access to iDVD 2.1. That would be worth slow burns which are a 
lot faster than no burns. Of course we also have to worry about a 
slotload SuperDrive having a slot that matches the Cube's fixed slot 
position. Or we'll be running our Cube's outside the box just like 
Jenn's thinking!

Kunga

On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 11:54  AM, jennsbl at mac.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just joined the list and can't find the archive (the FAQ page doesn't 
> seem to list a full
> address for an archive) or I'd try to look this up first.
>
> If this has been discussed could someone please forward the thread to 
> me regarding
> finding a SuperDrive to purchase and then install in my beloved Cube. 
> CD-RW is nice
> but...
>
> Thanks!
> Jenn