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Did Apple Accidentally send me a Superdrive?

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fussball

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May 7, 2003
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I just got a 1.33 ghz 12.1" PB. I was looking in the system profiler and the optical drive is listed as "Mat****a UJ-825" and says CD-RW/DVD-R . I ordered a combo drive, but according to that, it is a dvd-r (super) drive. Does anyone know how I can confirm this? I guess I could buy a dvd-r and try to burn it...
 
all the new pb's ship with AE standard. so if he has a new PB, it was intended :) but you probably know that
 
fussball said:
I just got a 1.33 ghz 12.1" PB. I was looking in the system profiler and the optical drive is listed as "Mat****a UJ-825" and says CD-RW/DVD-R . I ordered a combo drive, but according to that, it is a dvd-r (super) drive. Does anyone know how I can confirm this? I guess I could buy a dvd-r and try to burn it...
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Am I misunderstanding something? Doesn't CD-RW mean it can read and write CDs, and DVD-R means it can read (but not write) DVDs?
 
Le Big Mac said:
Am I misunderstanding something? Doesn't CD-RW mean it can read and write CDs, and DVD-R means it can read (but not write) DVDs?
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No. DVD-R means that it can burn DVD-R discs. DVD-ROM means that it can only read DVDs.
 
Why not throw the model number in Google and see what you come up with? That should tell you definitively.
 
All PB's come with iDVD, I believe. I already did a google search and it shows the UJ-825 as a dvd-r drive (burns dvds) I tried to burn a dvd but no luck, as I have partitioned my HD and my OS partition is too small for me to burn dvds (need at least the size of the disc free) so I am re-partitioning and trying again. .. though the OS seemed to recognize that there was a dvd that wanted to be burned in the drive
 
BrianKonarsMac said:
here's a hint...do you have iDVD?

also...try burning a DVD, that's a surefire way to find out ;)
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Combo drive powerbooks come with iDVD too.

Open the iDVD. Try to burn a DVD. If it burns it, it is a superdrive.
 
I got one too

I ordered the same config that you did and after it was delivered on Monday, I noticed I also had the superdrive instead of the combo. Maybe this is a larger error that could have effected an entire shipment. Not going to complain though...
 
I got my 12'' rev.B Powerbook with a Combo drive about a month ago and it came with iDVD installed. Go figure.
 
BrianKonarsMac said:
has it always been that way? i could've sworn they used to only ship iDVD with computers that had DVD Burners.
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I don't know if it has always been that way, but at least the rev. B PowerBooks come with iDVD, even the combos.
 
jwn315 said:
I ordered the same config that you did and after it was delivered on Monday, I noticed I also had the superdrive instead of the combo. Maybe this is a larger error that could have effected an entire shipment. Not going to complain though...
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Sounds like a mistake by apple... though now I don't really want to complain about my 1 dead pixel on the LCD and a slight ghosting on some menus on my external display... I bet if I sent it in they would return me a combo model. hmm...
 
Yeah, I got shipped an AP card in my Tibook when I didn't have it configured. Wasn't till I was in school and it picked up the wireless network did I realize it.

I did send my tibook in due to an LCD defect and it still had the AP card when I got it back. You should be safe, as long as the side of the box says it's a Superdrive. Otherwise...
 
My 12" iBook that I just got came with iDVD preinstalled!! When you launch it you just get a warning that you can work on projects but because you have no DVD burner you won't be able to burn a DVD. :cool:
 
fussball said:
Sounds like a mistake by apple... though now I don't really want to complain about my 1 dead pixel on the LCD and a slight ghosting on some menus on my external display... I bet if I sent it in they would return me a combo model. hmm...
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to be honest, i'd rather have a flawless display, then free super drive. The superdrives in PBooks are only 4x, you could get an external FW at 8x, or wait a month or two for external FW DL DVD burners, so you can be a true pirate! DVD's AHOY MATEY!

gravityplan said:
My 12" iBook that I just got came with iDVD preinstalled!!
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Now if that doesn't take the cake, I don't know what does. Sure, you can't use this program, but we felt your hard drive had a spare 2 GB so....why not put it on there for fun? You can always do a fresh install to completely remove it.
 
If your computer can handle a SuperDrive, then it ships with iDVD. But the presence of iDVD does not guarantee a SuperDrive.

Having said that, it sounds like you do have a SuperDrive :)
 
Giaguara said:
I don't know if it has always been that way, but at least the rev. B PowerBooks come with iDVD, even the combos.
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my rev A 15 in 1.25 pb (with combo drive) came with iDvd too
 
BrianKonarsMac said:
here's a hint...do you have iDVD?

also...try burning a DVD, that's a surefire way to find out ;)
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You probably weren't aware of this, but...

When Apple released iLife '04 with iDVD 4 in January, Steve said that many schools had labs with like 25 combo drive eMacs, and 5 superdrive eMacs. He then said that schools requested that iDVD be able to be installed and used on all Macs, then the projects can be tranfered to a superdrive Mac for burning. He then announced that iDVD 4 can be installed on any Mac. That way, if you don't have a superdrive, you can create the project and move it to a superdrive equiped Mac for burning.

Apple then began including it (iDVD 4) with new Macs along with the rest of iLife '04.
 
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