Why no DL drive in the MacBookPro?

[Temujin]

I was just wondering why the MacBookPro wont ship with a DL drive. Are they giving up this technology?

 

[generik]

I was just wondering why the MacBookPro wont ship with a DL drive. Are they giving up this technology?

Cost cutting measures, so they can deliver a slower computer at a slightly lower high price.

 

[mdavey]

Cost cutting measures, so they can deliver a slower computer at a slightly lower high price.

No, its because they needed to use an ultraslim model (slimmer than the ones in the PPC laptops and in the Mac mini). No-one makes a DL version in that form-factor.

 

[ITASOR]

Forget about DL, why does it burn at 4x instead of 8? Yikes.

 

[Temujin]

Well that's a shame. It'll probably get the DL in the next revision. Or maybe blueray or HD-DVD

 

[CanadaRAM]

I was just wondering why the MacBookPro wont ship with a DL drive. Are they giving up this technology?

It's because DL blanks are so expensive, Apple decided it wouldn't be a good idea to release a product that depended on expensive third-party parts that nobody could get. Like Firewire 800.

For example, on the new MacBook they also went with the new, higher performance ExpressCard/34 slot, instead of the old PCMCIA slot technology. The ExpressCard/34 is part of the current standard PCI-e architecture, and it depends on...

expensive...

third-party parts...

that nobody...

can...

*Nevermind*

 

[nutmac]

No, its because they needed to use an ultraslim model (slimmer than the ones in the PPC laptops and in the Mac mini). No-one makes a DL version in that form-factor.

17-inch PowerBook G4 was 1" thick and has DL capability. I understand MB Pro is a hair thinner than 17-inch PB, but I think Apple could've spared a hair for DL.