New MacBook Pros are the first ever laptop to offer a “Douple”-layer SuperDrive

15 Comments on New MacBook Pros are the first ever laptop to offer a “Douple”-layer SuperDrive

Cindy version 3.0 on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 4:56 pm


LOL


Dave on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:18 pm


You should never record heavy metal in doubly.

Art Vandelay on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:25 pm


Could it be Apple’s naming for a Blu-Ray Drive?

Dr. Macenstein on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:28 pm


Like Sony calls FireWire “iLink”?
Tha would be awesome.

-The Doc

Adam Nelson on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:32 pm


Some intern is fired.

Camillo Miller on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:45 pm


That’s nothing. Apple thinks that italians and others european freaks deserve 256MB of video Ram less than you yankees…

256 MB instead of 512 on high end pros….

By phone they told me it’s a mistake made by the webmaster. Too many things to do for the web team this tuesday…

Camillo Miller on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:46 pm


here’s the link

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/italystore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=521F16DB&node=home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro

thecrow on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 5:57 pm


And in the Italian Apple Store the new macbook pros have 128/256 video memory depending on the model………. bha

Ethan on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 6:45 pm


“Like Sony calls FireWire “iLink”?”

A marketing name for a marketing name? What was wrong with “FireWire”, I wonder?

big skee on Tue, 26th Feb 2008 7:57 pm


couldn’t it be just a spelling mistake?

global on Wed, 27th Feb 2008 11:57 am


Look at storage in the right hand column, not that i want to strain your research a bit ;), but guess what! They all come with a double layer drive. It does appear that the drives are different, or they are firmware different, as the specs are not identical.
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

15″
Maximum write: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW

17″
Maximum write: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW; 6x DVD-RW; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer); 24x CD-R; 16x CD-RW

Enjoy!

Phelim on Wed, 27th Feb 2008 1:00 pm


From what i can see the two high-end MacBook’s have this also.

bored2death on Sat, 26th Apr 2008 1:55 am


Go to your hardware supplier of choice & look for DVD recordable blanks labelled DVD+R DL.

These new disk blanks allow storage of 8.5Gb on a single side hence the name “Double Layer”.

The Mac Pro’s support burning to this media.

Christ, you guys are seriously out of touch, even an old fart like me knows this…

bored2death on Sat, 26th Apr 2008 2:02 am


DVD+R DL is a recordable disk format supporting 8.5Gb storage on a single side via dual layers.

The fact that Mac’s can do this is a GOOD THING.

Cluestick deployed

Dr. Macenstein on Sat, 26th Apr 2008 8:48 am


bored2death, thanks for the cluestick, but you may need one yourself.
The point of the article was Apple’s uncorrected Type-O.

-The Doc

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