Peel said:Does anybody know if the new iBook has a pana UJ-835 or UJ-845?
shadowmoses said:Maybe you shoudl expand on what a pana UJ 835 is as i think the majority of people have no idea....and therefore won't be able to answer your query
Great! So I take it that means it will burn double layer DVDs as that was the main difference between the 835 and 845. The iBook page on the Apple website doesn't mention DL though.Yoyodyne said:I've got the new 14" and it has a UJ-845E, revision DMP2
Peel said:Great! So I take it that means it will burn double layer DVDs as that was the main difference between the 835 and 845. The iBook page on the Apple website doesn't mention DL though.
If it's just a firmwear issue, then in theory you should be able to remove the drive, install it in a PC, download a firmwear with a windows installer, flash it to the drive, then reinstall it in the iBook. However it may be that Apple has disabled DL burns in the operating system instead of the drive firmwear (i.e. "If drive is DL capable, but hardwear is iBook, then act like it's not a DL drive"). Then someone would need to write a system hack, similar to the hack to make the video out a non-mirrored display.Rod Rod said:If the drive is DL capable, then you're just a firmware flash away from gaining that functionality. I don't know where you'd get the flashing utility but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
That possibility is absolutely diabolical. Hopefully it's not true.Peel said:However it may be that Apple has disabled DL burns in the operating system instead of the drive firmwear (i.e. "If drive is DL capable, but hardwear is iBook, then act like it's not a DL drive").