OWC Intros MacBook SuperDrive Upgrade

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OWC announced the immediate availability of its new Mercury SuperDrive Internal Upgrade kits for Apple's pre-unibody 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro on Friday. The new SuperDrive kits offer faster CD and DVD burn speeds than the factory-shipped drives that are included with the laptops.

The Mercury SuperDrive Internal Upgrade offers disc burn speeds at up to 8X DVD, 6X DVD-DL (Dual-Layer 8.5GB), 5X DVD-RAM, and 24X CD burn speeds with support for DVD+/-R/RW, DVD+/-R DL (Dual-Layer), DVD-RAM, and CD-R/RW media.

The SuperDrive upgrade kit is priced at US$147.99, or $159.99 with a "value bundle" that includes 10 pieces of 8X DVD-R media in jewel case, Prosoft Data Backup 3 software, and NTI DragonBurn CD/DVD authoring software.

 

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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