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

[Brian Sledz]

Hello
Before I buy a Cube on Ebay I want to make sure about something.  If one 
replaces the standard dvd-cd drive in the cube and replaces it with one of 
the Pioneer 104 or 105 drives, will iDvd work?  I want a cube for my office 
and would like it to burn dvds.
thanks
Brian


At 05:40 PM 1/9/2003 -0800, you 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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