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eMac Gets SuperDrive

Posted by pudge on from the it-is-nice-to-see-1.44MB-floppies-still-getting-some-use dept.

unspec writes "For those looking for cheap Macintosh DVD authoring, Zettabyte Solutions have a press release describing the SuperDrive-equipped eMac they will soon be offering." I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to convert your own eMac to a "SuperDrive," but I don't really know.

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  1. Re:Apple and their naming by AKA+da+JET · · Score: 4, Funny

    You do like Capcom and call it "Super Drive II Turbo".

  2. Read the damned page before posting by tm2b · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's probably why this company offers their own replacement warranty.

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  3. iMac vs. eMac by HiredMan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    At that point there's only aboput $100 between the flat panel iMac with the SuperDrive and the eMac with the SuperDrive.

    Same processor and speed, same HD space etc. The eMac's screen is slightly larger 15" vs. 17" but the LCD has an viewable of 15" so the difference is not that much... The eMac is probably easier to upgrade for the power-user but that's about it....

    I personally think I'd go for the iMac with it's fancy stylin' - but more power to 'em for trying this out.

    =tkk

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  4. Re:Apple and their naming by LazLong · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, the SuperDrive wasn't given that moniker because it could read both Mac and PC formatted disks, but rather because it could write 1.44MB diskettes. At the time this drive was released there was no native MacOS support for reading and writing of PC disks. Apple later released PC Exchange which let you use PC floppies, but only from within the app - you had to copy files to and from the floppy, no on-the-fly use of the disk. Software Architects released an INIT/CDEV called DOS Mounter which would allow the use of PC disks natively within the Finder as if it were a Mac disk (and later PC SCSI hard disks). Apple later purchased the right to bundle this with the MacOS.