i am wondering if i get a new 12" ibook, if i can get a super drive installed on it from apple since the new 14"s have them as a option, if not could i get someone else to install one. thanks
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!!!will new 12'' ibook get superdrive!!!
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No, Apple will not install a superdrive on the new 12" iBooks. You could get another company to install it (but that company has slipped my mind).
!!!no!!!
(Sorry... wishful thinking! Apple likes keeping its low-end, 12" models neutered, unfortunately.)
(Sorry... wishful thinking! Apple likes keeping its low-end, 12" models neutered, unfortunately.)
It amazes me how people immediately assume that Apple is trying to screw us all over when their track record shows they care more about consumers than any other company.
The iBook 12" is the low-end model and SuperDrives are costly, in addition its takes time, effort and money to custom build a machine like that, sticking in a SuperDrive isn't like popping in some RAM.
My guess is they looked at the market, looked at the cost of adding the drive as an option, factoring in labor, space, etc. and decided that there wasn't enough interest to justify it. Simple buisness move, nothing so sinister as Apple crippling their laptops.
Unfortunately Apple doesn't have the volume numbers like DuLL where they can pump out enough sales to make the kind of customization an option yet.
Engineering is all about tradeoffs. The iBook's design sacrifices the ability to add a superDrive in this case, maybe not physically, but because of the over all effects.
The iBook 12" is the low-end model and SuperDrives are costly, in addition its takes time, effort and money to custom build a machine like that, sticking in a SuperDrive isn't like popping in some RAM.
My guess is they looked at the market, looked at the cost of adding the drive as an option, factoring in labor, space, etc. and decided that there wasn't enough interest to justify it. Simple buisness move, nothing so sinister as Apple crippling their laptops.
Unfortunately Apple doesn't have the volume numbers like DuLL where they can pump out enough sales to make the kind of customization an option yet.
Engineering is all about tradeoffs. The iBook's design sacrifices the ability to add a superDrive in this case, maybe not physically, but because of the over all effects.
jet3004 said:
Ah, but I specified 12" models specifically. That includes both iBooks and PowerBooks.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah.
You've drank the Kool Aid. Fine.
If Apple can put the SuperDrive in a 12-inch PB at 1 Ghz with a G4, it can put a SuperDrive in a 12-inch iBook with the same 1Ghz G4.
Your comparison between Dell's market share and Apple's market share only underscores the fallacy of your argument. To what "over all effects" do you allude?
And how exactly does Apple demonstrate its compassion for us? By selling us iPods with batteries that go bust within a year? By selling iPod Minis with defective headphone connections? By selling 15-inch PBs with the infamous white spots? By selling us iBooks with defective logic boards?
Get a grip. Apple is a company, not a deity.
Drink the Kool Aid if it makes you happy, but don't try to make someone else feel stupid for asking a question. The question was: Can I get a SuperDrive in a 12-inch iBook.
Your answer: Mean-spirited blah, blah, blah.
Krizoitz said:
Blah blah blah.
You've drank the Kool Aid. Fine.
If Apple can put the SuperDrive in a 12-inch PB at 1 Ghz with a G4, it can put a SuperDrive in a 12-inch iBook with the same 1Ghz G4.
Your comparison between Dell's market share and Apple's market share only underscores the fallacy of your argument. To what "over all effects" do you allude?
And how exactly does Apple demonstrate its compassion for us? By selling us iPods with batteries that go bust within a year? By selling iPod Minis with defective headphone connections? By selling 15-inch PBs with the infamous white spots? By selling us iBooks with defective logic boards?
Get a grip. Apple is a company, not a deity.
Drink the Kool Aid if it makes you happy, but don't try to make someone else feel stupid for asking a question. The question was: Can I get a SuperDrive in a 12-inch iBook.
Your answer: Mean-spirited blah, blah, blah.
It amazes me...
Not one person accused Apple of anything. The person asked how to get a SuperDrive in a 12-inch iBook.
What amazes me is how anyone who asks a question that deviates from what Apple espouses as the gospel is labeled as a whiner. Even when the person doesn't, there's always someone on this board willing to stand up and throw out a red herring.
Get a grip.
It's just a computer.
Krizoitz said:
Not one person accused Apple of anything. The person asked how to get a SuperDrive in a 12-inch iBook.
What amazes me is how anyone who asks a question that deviates from what Apple espouses as the gospel is labeled as a whiner. Even when the person doesn't, there's always someone on this board willing to stand up and throw out a red herring.
Get a grip.
It's just a computer.
brhmac said:
brhmac, I was reffering to Hemingrays comment, not the original post. Please read the whole thread before throwing around accusations.
My guess is the real reason has more to do with keeping up sales on the 12" powerbook than any technical issue with putting a superdrive in a 12" ibook. It's called market segmentation. It's also why the ibooks have lower clocked processors...Krizoitz said:
ok, since i know now that apple isn't planning on making a superdrive 12"ibook, i thought i saw someone that said they knew how to get the superdrive else where, does anyone know where? thanks
mcetech... http://www.mcetech.com/
mind you, it's more expensive, $300, not to mention the hassle of not having your laptop for a few days, potential damages during transit, etc...
i believe this will NOT void your warranty (since it's an apple authorized dealer...?), but you should probably ask them before you do this.
for $100 more than 12" iBook with SD, you can have the lower level 14" iBook with SD. (the price difference is actually $75 if you upgrade the 12" iBook to have 40 GB HD like the 14"... it's even smaller if you qualify for edu. discount - then it's $180 upgrade to get the SD...)
mind you, it's more expensive, $300, not to mention the hassle of not having your laptop for a few days, potential damages during transit, etc...
i believe this will NOT void your warranty (since it's an apple authorized dealer...?), but you should probably ask them before you do this.
for $100 more than 12" iBook with SD, you can have the lower level 14" iBook with SD. (the price difference is actually $75 if you upgrade the 12" iBook to have 40 GB HD like the 14"... it's even smaller if you qualify for edu. discount - then it's $180 upgrade to get the SD...)
yea, you are probaly right, i might just save up till summer break and then buy a 14in ibook with superdrive. thanks
i fogot to post it but i didn't get enough money for the 14 so i got the 12in with combo, and might do some small stuff to it but i am mostly waiting for a g5 powerbook. if anyone sees some internal superdirves for 12in ibook tell me. thanks