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MacBook Pro Superdrive: Which model do you have?
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Eug Wanker
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Apr 11, 2006, 09:47 AM
 
I was just wondering... What model SuperDrives are in your 15" MacBook Pros?

The MacBook Pro can only accept 9.5 mm high drives apparently, and I want to know which models they are. This worries me for coming 2006 MacBook Pros, since apparently the first Blu-ray drives for laptops are 12.7 mm drives.
     
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Apr 11, 2006, 10:15 AM
 
Matshita UJ-857
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Macbook Pro 2.0 bought last Friday.
     
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Apr 11, 2006, 10:30 AM
 
Originally Posted by jebjeb
Matshita UJ-857
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Macbook Pro 2.0 bought last Friday.
Thanks. Here is a pic comparing the 9.5 mm UJ-857 to the usual 12.7 mm drive:



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It's nice that Apple is able to get slimmer laptops by using these thinner drives, but I find it a bit disappointing that Apple won't be able to use the latest and greatest optical drives available in its flagship laptop line. Who knows though... Perhaps Matsushita or Pioneer or whomever will be able to create a 9.5 mm Blu-ray drive sooner rather than later.
     
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Apr 11, 2006, 10:55 AM
 
Originally Posted by jebjeb
Matshita UJ-857
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Mine is the same....
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Apr 11, 2006, 12:33 PM
 
How many of these 9.5 mm drives exist anyway? Are all the MacBook Pro drives the same Panasonic/Matsushita UJ-857 model? I wonder because the vast majority of new drives I see out there are 12.7 mm. I see mention of a 9.5 mm Matshita UJ-822 and 812, but just like the UJ-857 neither of those support dual-layer burning either.
     
   
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