A couple years ago we got the iMac with a dome shaped base, silvery arm and 20 inch flat panel display. It kind of looks like a giant white mushroom or kind of like a white desk lamp.
a.
At that time when it was the current iMac what were the choices of optical DVD drives when we were configuring this 20 inch flat panel iMac apple computer?... there were 2 or 3 different optical DVD drives available at that time.
b.
Back then how exactly, in what terms were the drives described on the sales offer at http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore/
In the system profiler, there's...
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ATA Device Tree
ATA-3 Bus
SONY DVD RW DW-U10A
ATA-6 Bus
ST3160023A
Macintosh HD
ATA-3 Bus:
SONY DVD RW DW-U10A:
Manufacturer: SONY
Model: SONY DVD RW DW-U10A
Revision: A43i
Serial Number:
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
ATA-6 Bus:
Vendor ID: 0x106b
Device ID: 0x003b
Revision ID: 0x0000
ST3160023A:
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: ST3160023A
Revision: 3.06
Serial Number:
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.92 GB
Available: 143.07 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /
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c.
Any ideas what all of that means?...
a.
At that time when it was the current iMac what were the choices of optical DVD drives when we were configuring this 20 inch flat panel iMac apple computer?... there were 2 or 3 different optical DVD drives available at that time.
b.
Back then how exactly, in what terms were the drives described on the sales offer at http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore/
In the system profiler, there's...
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ATA Device Tree
ATA-3 Bus
SONY DVD RW DW-U10A
ATA-6 Bus
ST3160023A
Macintosh HD
ATA-3 Bus:
SONY DVD RW DW-U10A:
Manufacturer: SONY
Model: SONY DVD RW DW-U10A
Revision: A43i
Serial Number:
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
ATA-6 Bus:
Vendor ID: 0x106b
Device ID: 0x003b
Revision ID: 0x0000
ST3160023A:
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: ST3160023A
Revision: 3.06
Serial Number:
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.92 GB
Available: 143.07 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /
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c.
Any ideas what all of that means?...