This article gives us some more insight into what the powerbook superdrive will be like + when we are likely to get it.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-960077.html?tag=fd_top
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-960077.html?tag=fd_top
Originally posted by Sherman The last time apple had an external device like that was with what, the mac classic and it's hard drive?
With apple going big on design it just wouldn't make sense for them to even consider an external as an option.
An external drive doesn't really require that much research, it's just the same damn thing. Pioneer is probably looking to build the internal for apple, one of their big optical drive buyers.
Originally posted by paulwhannel
A couple of earlier Powerbooks have shipped with external floppy drives, i can't remember but i think the 1400 did...
But i definitely think apple will wait to unroll a thin unit rather than external--
pnw
Originally posted by crazy_will
didn't one of the original powerbook g3's ship with an external drive? i think it was only in japan.
Originally posted by crassusad44
there was a PowerBook 2400, only sold in Japan. It was Apples last stab at a Duo, and probably came with external floppy and optical drive. No G3 I know of have shipped with any kind of drive externally to my knowledge. Let's hope the new PB G4 will not be the first model to break this tradition since 1996/7...
Originally posted by RogueLdr
Wouldn't a DVD burner consume more power than a CD burner? And if so, how will Apple compensate for this drain on what is the most precious commodity with a portable: battery life ?
Even if the size were doable in the PowerBook's 1" thick (thin?) form factor, would that make a superdrive practical if it drained the battery very quickly? If not, then either keeping with the current solution (i.e., loading and editing DV on the PowerBook and later transfering via GBit ethernet to a PowerMac for burning) or moving to an external bundled DVD-R that was supported under iMovie would seem to be the practical route for now.
RL
Originally posted by Shadowfax
i hope it's external... when i want to cook hot cakes, i'll buy a range... i don't really want to cook them on my new powerbook.
i'd be more impressed by an internal 24x burner or something... 8x doesn't seem cool anymore.
Originally posted by Sherman
The last time apple had an external device like that was with what, the mac classic and it's hard drive?
Originally posted by e-coli
everyone is forgetting that the TiBook already had an external drive. Before the combo drive was available, you could get the TiBook with and external CD-RW.
an external superdrive? what have u been smoking?Originally posted by Hemingray
From the sounds of the article this drive's internal, yet the new Superdrives for the Ti's are supposedly rumored to be external? It would make more sense to me for Apple to just wait until an internal option of the right size comes around instead of spending design time on a peripheral that will be unnecessary within a year.
originally posted by tfaz1
Just a question: Why do you guys care so much about Superdrives?
When I put a poll out about Superdrives, most people who have them never use them. And those who do only seem to use them for backing up data. Is it really necessary to shove a Superdrive into a Powerbook until DVD replaces CD as the standard media?
Isn't external enough for the little use these things seem to be getting right now?