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what's the difference?
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csonni
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Jan 4, 2003, 04:03 AM
 
Could someone explain to me what the combo drive and the superdrive is? I will be purchasing a new iBook soon, and as an owner of a G4-350, I'm not sure what these drives are.
     
niji
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Jan 4, 2003, 04:18 AM
 
combo=plays dvd (but can not write to dvds)and can play and write to cds
super=plays and writes to both dvds and cds.
     
skalie
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Jan 4, 2003, 04:10 PM
 
A dvd-writing drive in an iBook?
     
Dex13
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Jan 4, 2003, 05:02 PM
 
yeah skalie, um thats not possible now, a superdrive in an ibook.
only a combo.
     
   
 
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