what is a superdrive?

Superdrive is a DVD burner that is dual/double layer + and - R/RW, and some also burn RAM

TEG

 

a drive with super abilities obviously lol but seriously

a combo drive is characterized by being able to read dvd and read/burn cd's

a super drive can read and burn both dvd's and cd's

 

LOL
where have you been hiding????


super drive-- writes/reads CD, DVD, but not lightscribe.

u can check it on apple's site.

or just look it up on the internet.

 

also, apple superdrive's don't have lightscribe, in case you were wondering.

 

But don't get confused with the floppy disk SuperDrive .

 

lol that wasnt necessary, you are just confusing the lad now haha, me too even!

 

well the drives in the laptops/imac and mac mini arent really user replaceable

 

Apple are selling it.

 

Question- are you talking about the SuperDrive that is available for use with the MacBook Air? That one is $99 and is the only one that Apple offers as an external SuperDrive.

It is a slim 8x slot loading burner for the Air and not comparable to the standard height tray loading burners for $30 and less at newegg usable with desktop Macs.

 

i think he is talking about the 2nd superdrive option on the mac pro

 

Yeah, guess that DOES make sense considering it is the MP forum- DOH!

I didn't think of that since the last MP I configured was for my son and the option was less that $100 with his educational pricing! Oops.

 

Apple is selling it. Get a third-party drive and install it yourself. Heck, get a BD-R/HD DVD-ROM drive like me and install it yourself.

 

+1. Future-proof yourself, mate.

 

Superdrive

The name comes from the original floppy drive upgrade in the Mac IIcx. It was a 1.44mb vs. the old 800k drives. Apple has since used that name to signify a higher capacity, higher performing removable drive. Apple now uses it to signify a DVD burner vs. the usual combo drive DVD read, CD/CDR read/write. It is just a name that Apple has preserved since 1989. I would know since I purchased the very first Apple machine with a superdrive (a mac IIcx in 1989 at college). Any burner that is compatible with itunes is essentially a superdrive, just purchase a $30 one as noted above and be happy. Apple drives usually have a firmware change that indicates it is Apple OEM. Not such a big deal anymore.

Noushy

 

It is just apple's brand of dvd writer. They were one of the first to offer it and they called it a "Superdrive" to separate it from a cd writer which was not as "super" But that was years ago, the name has stuck.

 

I found a second drive (Pioneer DVR-112D) on Pricewatch for around $30 and have been completely happy.

BTW, a third-party drive will require you to unsnap the face plate so the case door will shut properly.

$30 is about the cheapest upgrade you may ever make to this machine

 

Hi,

No, it's not a big fraud. A SuperDrive can dance (acidtechnopop) and it also sings a couple of old Milwaukee folk songs.

sash