Limited time offer: Get Apple's new Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) for only $99 ($30 off the regular price!) OR get Apple's new iLife '06 for only $65 when you purchase this drive! The new MCE 8X DVD±R/RW "SuperDrive" upgrade with both Double Layer AND Dual Layer support for the iBook G4 allows iBook users to author professional-quality DVDs as well as create, store, and share their collections of videos, music and photography. Plus, the fast, highly reliable drives are compatible with most computer and set-top DVD video players and other DVD burners – so video and data DVDs created using these drives can be shared with business associates, friends, and family. Starting at just $99.
MCE Technologies was the first company in the world to engineer and offer a SuperDrive upgrade for the iBook G4. We continue this heritage with the MCE 8X Internal SuperDrive Upgrade with both Double Layer and Dual Layer support... easily the most technically advanced optical drive ever created for the Apple iBook. Recording at 8X to both DVD-R and DVD+R media and at 4X to BOTH DVD+R DL (Double Layer) and DVD-R DL (Dual Layer), enabling you to record up to 8.5GB of data on a single side of either a Double Layer OR Dual Layer DVD, this drive eclipses every other iBook G4 optical drive on the market today... even those by Apple. With Tiger (Mac OS 10.4), you can record to 8.5GB Double Layer discs natively... by dragging and dropping right in the Finder! In addition, the MCE 8X Internal SuperDrive Upgrade with Dual/Double Layer Support is the ONLY iBook Drive available today to support the new Double Layer Recording feature in iDVD 5! (iDVD 5.0.1 & Tiger required). No other iBook optical drive supports this capability. Also, new, lighter components enable this drive to weigh 20% less than Apple's current optical drives... shaving a tenth of a pound off the overall weight of your iBook G4.
The additional storage capacity of the DVD±R Dual/Double Layer discs enables you to record up to 4 hours of DVD-quality video or 16 hours of VHS-quality video, without the need to turn over the disc. You can now archive up to 8.5GB of computer files on a single disc, which almost doubles the storage capacity compared with the 4.7GB for the single-layer DVD-recordable discs currently available.
The MCE 8X Internal SuperDrive Upgrade is a dual media drive and records to both DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW media. It also reads and writes standard CD-R/RW media and is compatible with all of Apple's iApps including iTunes, iDVD, iPhoto, and Finder Burning.
You may install it yourself* or, if you prefer, you may have the MCE 8x SuperDrive upgrade professionally installed into your iBook G4 by MCE Technologies or one of our worldwide Authorized Upgrade Centers.
*NOTE: We highly recommend that your drive be professionally installed. The installation of the optical drive into the iBook G4 involves the removal of many screws and parts and is not for the faint of heart. Only an experienced technician should attempt this upgrade into the iBook G4.
Features
- 8X DVD-R and 8X DVD+R recorder
- 6X DVD-RW and 8X DVD+RW recorder
- 4X DVD+R DL Double Layer recorder
- 4X DVD-R DL Dual Layer recorder
- 24X CD-R and 24X CD-RW recorder
- Convenient slot-loading mechanism
- 2MB Cache Buffer
- Buffer underrun protection
- Bootable
- Compatible with iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, iTunes, iPhoto, Disc Burner and Apple DVD Player
Compatible with All iBook G4 Systems
The New MCE 8X Internal SuperDrive Upgrade is compatible with both the 12" and 14" Apple iBook G4.
Double/Dual Layer Technology
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The Double/Dual Layer DVD±R system uses two thin embedded organic dye films for data storage separated by a spacer layer (see figure). Heating with a focused laser beam irreversibly modifies the physical and chemical structure of each layer such that the modified areas have different optical properties to those of their unmodified surroundings. This causes a variation in reflectivity as the disc rotates to provide a read-out signal as with commercially pressed read-only discs. Did you get all that?? It just means that there are two recording layers inside the DVD instead of just one... two layers means twice the recording capacity! Now wasn't that easier?
On-Board Liquid Crystal Tilt/Thickness Compensator
Not every disc is created equal. The MCE 8X SuperDrive Upgrade for iBook G4 implements an on-board liquid crystal tilt/thickness compensator... the first time ever in a portable form factor. This cutting edge technology provides accurate, reliable read and write performance with a variety of disc characteristics, even with irregularly curved or thick / thin media. This technology is also effective in recording DVD±R DL double/dual layer media.
Supported Media:
DVD-R (Version 2.0 for General), 4X-Speed DVD-R, 8X-Speed DVD-R
DVD-RW (Version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2), 2X-Speed DVD-RW, 4X-Speed DVD-RW, 6X-Speed DVD-RW
DVD+R, 4X-Speed DVD+R, 8X-Speed DVD+R,
DVD+RW,4X-Speed DVD+RW, 8X-Speed DVD+RW
DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
CD-R, Ultra-Speed + CD-RW, Multi-Speed CD-RW, High-Speed CD-RW, Ultra-Speed CD-RW
Media is manufactured with different levels of quality. Please note this product does not guarantee writing at write speeds specified on media.
System Requirements:
p/n IBOOKSLDVDR8DL-A: iBook G4 (12" or 14") running Mac OS 10.2, Mac OS 10.3, Mac OS 10.4 (or later)
