[CUBE] The choice of slot loading drives

[Thubten Kunga]

Wow! That is great investigative journalism Francois. Congratulations! 
I had no idea the variety of choices was so vast! I certainly didn't 
notice that they have already jumped to a 2x slot load DVD-R/CD-RW 
model in the new 17" PowerBook. That's a very big deal.

I'll take a 2x SuperDrive (2/6/8/4/24) like is in the 17" PowerBook 
please. Thank you so much.

Kunga

On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 11:49  AM, François Menu wrote:

> If you go to the spec page of the PowerBooks 
> (http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html) you can see that the speed 
> of the drives are different depending on the model of the PowerBook:
>
> Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW); reads DVDs at 8x speed; writes CD-R discs 
> at 24x speed; writes CD-RW discs at 10x speed; reads CDs at 24x speed 
> (12-inch model)
>
> Optional SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW); writes DVD-R discs at 1x speed; 
> reads DVDs at 8x speed; writes CD-R discs at 8x speed; writes CD-RW 
> discs at 4x speed; reads CDs at 24x speed (12-inch model)
>
> Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW); reads DVDs at 8x speed; writes CD-R and 
> CD-RW discs at 8x speed; reads CDs at 24x speed (15-inch models)
>
> SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW); writes DVD-R discs at 1x speed; reads DVDs 
> at 6x speed; writes CD-R discs at 8x speed; writes CD-RW discs at 4x 
> speed; reads CDs at 24x speed (15-inch models)
>
> SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW); Writes DVD-R discs at 2x speed; reads DVDs  
> at 6x speed; writes CD-R discs at 8x speed; writes CD-RW discs at 4x 
> speed; reads CDs at 24x speed (17-inch model)
>
> There are 2 different models of combo drive: 8/8/8/24 & 8/24/10/24 
> (the newer one, in the 12" PowerBook)
> And 3 different models of SuperDrive: 1/6/8/4/24; 1/8/8/4/24 & 
> 2/6/8/4/24 !!!
>
> I would prefer a combo drive writing CD-R at 24x speed, rather than a 
> SuperDrive.
>
> -- 
> François Menu
> frmen at wanadoo.fr