Seeking Slotload SuperDrive OEM Sources
Anybody know who makes the PowerBook Slotload SuperDrive? Anyone know who else makes a DVD-RW Slotload SuperDrive that might be faster? Several of us want to put one in our Cubes so we can finally do iDVD stuff from within our exiled models.
Thanks in advance for your help. I have read that this is being discussed somewhere on the web. But my source has forgotten where she read it.
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Thanks in advance for your help. I have read that this is being discussed somewhere on the web. But my source has forgotten where she read it.
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<strong>Anybody know who makes the PowerBook Slotload SuperDrive? Anyone know who else makes a DVD-RW Slotload SuperDrive that might be faster? Several of us want to put one in our Cubes so we can finally do iDVD stuff from within our exiled models.
Thanks in advance for your help. I have read that this is being discussed somewhere on the web. But my source has forgotten where she read it.
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It is as far as I know the only slot load DVDr that exists. I am sure however that this is sure to change, and may already have.
On another cube note did you see that they are going to make a dual 1.2 ghz motherboard available for installing in the cube?
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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!