Apple Adopts Sony Superdrive?

Well at least Apple are trying epand the abilities of the superdrive, this can only be a good thing.

Its good to see that they're not just 'OEM'ing one vendor.

apparently the "+" formats are only accessible through Toast, it would seem (extrapolating through Macintouch)

But one guy there says he's fitted the Sony drive to an G4 tower, and can't get OS-level burning at all (i.e. he HAS to use Toast, not disc-burner). I hope someone can help him out to get the full functionality, since it seems to be possible under these new iMacs

Apple has used TONS of different optical drives, including Sonys. Look at all the drives on the list halfway down this page: http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/download.html

Originally posted by alex_ant
Apple has used TONS of different optical drives, including Sonys. Look at all the drives on the list halfway down this page: http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/download.html

not for their Superdrive (DVD writer)

arn

I KNEW there was a reason why my dual 1.25 BTO w/ Superdrive was delayed 3+ weeks. I submitted it as a possible rumor confirmation 3 days ago Arn. As soon as mine comes in I will do an ASP report to see if it is infact a Sony drive. Humm, should I post this on the apple discussion boards to the 30+ people griping about having their machines delayed. Arn I have heard from 4 supervisors that the superdrive is the component that is causing the "supply problems". Fuel for the fire!

A@ron

Quite frankly I have never been impressed with Sony products. Over the past years I've owned a Sony Triniton monitor, MD player, two component CD player, a portable CD player, and a Sony CD-R. All have failed within two years. I hope the Superdrives Apple is installing in their new systems are quality and not typical sony crap.

my .02 cents

What is DVD+R and DVD+RW? :confused:

Interesting to note that it will do the +R formats as well. I haven't tried it with that yet, but it does write to Apple 4x DVD's fairly quickly, and generic DVD-R 2.0's seem to burn just as fast (great, because you can pick them up for less than a dollar each).

I'll buy some +R media this weekend and see what happens with the OS's burn, and Toast's.

Has anyone here been able to burn to +R or +RW?

I'm inclined to agree with you, Mr Gates. Sony seem to have a great reputation for quality products, but it's completely undeserved.

Their laptops, frequently lauded by internet pundits are total c r a p. I used to work at a major PC retailer about 3 years ago, and we had one shipment of VAIO subnotebooks that were about 75% defective. The feel and build quality of Sony products is often inconsistent with the premium they get away with charging.

(I think you should have gone with a Diamondtron)

Hopefully since these drives won't get much physical wear they may be okay... DVD+RW seems to be winning the format war at the moment, and having that option on a Mac is a great thing.

Originally posted by MrBillGates
Quite frankly I have never been impressed with Sony products. Over the past years I've owned a Sony Triniton monitor, MD player, two component CD player, a portable CD player, and a Sony CD-R. All have failed within two years. I hope the Superdrives Apple is installing in their new systems are quality and not typical sony crap.

my .02 cents

:( :(