g5 superdrive, pioneer or sony?

hddyhddy
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
this article says "Apple to add support for DVD+R", and that some of the g5's were shipped w/ sony's dual format dvd burners. i thought the g5's used pioneer dvd burners? does anyone know? just curious.



http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4585.cfm

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    rplatrplat Posts: 22member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by hddy

    this article says "Apple to add support for DVD+R", and that some of the g5's were shipped w/ sony's dual format dvd burners. i thought the g5's used pioneer dvd burners? does anyone know? just curious.



    http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4585.cfm





    Apple uses both Sony and Pioneer optical drives in there machines. Both drives are capable of writing and reading +R. What is not known is whether or not that capability will be in OS 10.3, and if it is, will the OEM drives be capable of using it, or have they been modified to preclude its use. Time will tell.
  • Reply 2 of 11
    macusersmacusers Posts: 840member
    I have the Sony drive on my G5
  • Reply 3 of 11
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    in my Dual.



    Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D
  • Reply 4 of 11
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MacUsers

    I have the Sony drive on my G5



    What's the config? 1.6, 1.8, or 2.0?
  • Reply 5 of 11
    macusersmacusers Posts: 840member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by DMBand0026

    What's the config? 1.6, 1.8, or 2.0?



    1.8, stock but with ATI 9600 Pro graphics
  • Reply 6 of 11
    carson o'geniccarson o'genic Posts: 1,279member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by alcimedes

    in my Dual.



    Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D



    Ditto for mine
  • Reply 7 of 11
    ryang5ryang5 Posts: 22member
    We have a stock dual 2 gig G5 here at work, it has the Sony drive.
  • Reply 8 of 11
    msanttimsantti Posts: 1,377member
    My dualie has a Sony drive.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    duncantangduncantang Posts: 3member
    Which model of the Sony Drive?
  • Reply 10 of 11
    ryang5ryang5 Posts: 22member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by duncantang

    Which model of the Sony Drive?



    Sony DVD RW DW-U10A
  • Reply 11 of 11
    scott_rscott_r Posts: 98member
    I have the have PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D. Stock dual G5 purchased at Fry's.
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