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Zettabyte Shut Down

Posted by pudge on from the no-superdrive-for-you dept.

jpt.d writes "Zettabyte (those who put the SuperDrive in the eMac) have been shut down without detailed explaination. They only say, 'Due to Legal Restrictions we will no longer be able to sell our SuperDrive equipped eMac.' Does anyone have any more details about this?"

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  1. Re:Educational market issues? by zmalone · · Score: 1, Informative

    That is not the reason. Apple has publicly released the eMac to consumers (link). Apple probably did this to prevent Zettabyte from infringing on iMac sales, but I have no idea as to what legal basis they would have for doing this (reselling end user software licenses maybe?).

  2. No Kidding... by gabe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Go read MacCentral.

    You will learn that Apple told them to stop selling the upgraded devices, and that now they are going to sell kits instead, and perhaps a service where customers can send in their eMac to get it upgraded. They are not "shut down" or closed, or out of business by any means.

    I don't see the big deal in this at all. If someone were to take boxed Dells and modify them and resell them, I think Dell would have a problem with that too... But, then again, what about the rack mounted Quicksilvers that Terra Soft sells as the GVS 9000? They're repackaged Power Macs.

    Honestly, I don't see why the heck people don't just buy an external DVD-R. SuperDrives are too slow anyways. It's convenient, yes, but limiting. The built-in CDRW is 24/16/32 or something like that. Aren't the SuperDrives 4 speed?

    Ironically enough, you can still get to the order page by going here

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  3. For reference... by jeblucas · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a link to the MacCentral Story from Yahoo.

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  4. Re:Gray market? illegal copies of iDVD? by Van+Halen · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, iDVD is shipped with every new Mac, SuperDrive or not. I know this because it came with my PowerMac which I ordered without a SuperDrive (there was also an Apple page somewhere stating as much - I made sure to check this before ordering). I added one later, for cheaper than it would have cost me to get it preinstalled from Apple. The difference here is that the optical drive is user-serviceable in the tower but not in the eMac. I didn't void my warranty, but I'll bet these eMac mods do.

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  5. Re:Remember the HyperDrive... by Rand+Race · · Score: 3, Informative
    Every NeXT box ever made had at least the option of an internal HD. The Lisa had an available internal HD and would run Mac apps by 1985 (aka Macintosh XL). The Thin and Fat Macs had a serial connected HD available, and SCSI appeared on the SEs in '86. Sure no internal, but look at the size difference between a PC AT and a Mac SE some time. When Macs came in bigger cases - starting with the II series in 1987 - they had internal HDs.

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