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PBTi Rumors?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Does anyone have any true information relating to the PB eventually including a Superdrive (writeable DVD drive) included in it? Is this something that is on the way - anyone know how soon? Or is this all BS?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
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It's got to be bunk. The superdrive was only just introduced on the desktops, and portables are always a year, or at least 2 or 3 revisions behind that. And I can't imagine anyone at Apple has plotted out the first PBTi revision yet. If they knew what was good for them, they'd be concentrating on filling the orders of all the customers who ordered the PB G4 on Steve's word that they would be shipping by the end of Jan!
K99
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Palo Alto
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It wouldn't fit. and probably won't for a few years. DVD-Rs are also expensive right now. I priced one a few months ago and it was over $4K, just for the drive. Obviously, Apple has found ways to get them cheaper.
-MacDude
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Did you know that this would happen?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Eagan, MN
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Apparently the drives are cheap because they can't copy-protect a DVD. I dunno though.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Atlanta
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The Superive for PB is a "petition" from users. Noble, but no relation to reality.
I thought Apple was gonna sell 5 DVD-R discs for $49?
I have also hear that the Superdrive can't create copy protected discs as well. The $4500 Pioneer unit I presume can.
Apple does not know what cheaper is and has little if anything to do with the "revolution." They are in herd with Compaq trying to implement the Superdrive.
Is this copy protection crap the sole reason I have not been able to have the utility of DVD-R in my professional video business? Figures.
[This message has been edited by sodamnregistered (edited 01-22-2001).]
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