Make and model of optical drive in new aluminum MacBook

[tschur]

If you know the make and model of the optical drive in the new MacBooks, can you please post this information, along with information about what firmware the optical drive ships with? Thanks!

 

[dcorban]

I was curious about this, since my new MacBook makes slightly different loading/ejecting sounds than my old MacBook.

Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
Revision: KA14
Firmware Revision: KA14
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO

 

[egiles]

This is what my 2.4GHz Macbook has:

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N:

Firmware Revision: SA14
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

 

[ncavs10]

i also have the matshita drive and it is quite a harsh noise. my roommate has the HL-DT-ST and his is much more quiet. i went to the apple store and some of the laptops had one and others had the different one. dont know why, but it is kind of annoying.

 

[Jeremy81]

My new aluminum MacBook drive seems much quieter than my old black MacBook.


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5960S:

Firmware Revision: 1APF
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

 

[VSMacOne]

I was curious about this, since my new MacBook makes slightly different loading/ejecting sounds than my old MacBook.

Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
Revision: KA14
Firmware Revision: KA14
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO

Same here..