[CUBE] Fwd: [CUBE] What type / part number SuperDrive is installed in the PowerBook?

[Thubten Kunga]

Please note that the 17" APB has a new double speed 2x slot load DVD-R 
that has yet to be identified by manufacturer nor model number.

k

On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 05:40  PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:

>> Found it. I asked about this December 7th on AppleInsider and found 
>> this out from someone somewhere but I can't attribute the source. It 
>> must have been some else on this list. The link takes you to a 
>> Japanese page with photographs of it.
>>
>> The DVD-R mechanism in the 1 GHz PowerBook is made by 
>> Matsushita/Panasonic. The part number is allegedly Matshita DVD-R 
>> UJ-815. You can see a picture of the drive mechanism at 
>> http://www.zdnet.co.jp/news/0210/03/nj00_pdvd.html. This mechanism is 
>> actually DVD-Multi, meaning that it can write to DVD-RAM as well as 
>> DVD-R and DVD-RW media. From what I've heard, however, support for 
>> the mechanisms DVD-RAM and DVD-RW capability does not currently exist 
>> in OS 9 or OS X.
>>
>> 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 
>> 3. 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!
>>
>> On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 09:15  AM, Robert W. Bumala wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone have a clue what is the OEM Part Number / Manufacturer for 
>>> the SuperDrive installed in the PowerBook?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bob.
>>
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