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<blockquote data-quote="hype.it" data-source="post: 27252" data-attributes="member: 4085">no... LaCie buys OEM drives and put them in an branded enclosure. The part about the black front is either what Apple changes before they add them to Desktop systems or, that's how OEM Pioneers come. A normal retail unit comes with a cream colour front bezel and the colour clashes if your case is aluminum coloured. Other than the front bezel and &quot;apple approved sticker&quot; on the unit, everything else is a standard OEM unit.Your hardware profiler even tells you. haha If your running OSX, then all the applications will support this unit. However, i can't speak for any other brand. Pioneer was the only official model supported from the first day they installed a SuperDrive in a Desk-top machine. however... in a Powerbook the Superdrive is manufactured by Panasonic. This Panasonic unit, can't be brought on the open market, not even in Hong Kong... because i need a replacement.. and apple. Well, they want to charge their special Apple price! About HK$5,000 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="hype.it, post: 27252, member: 4085"] no... LaCie buys OEM drives and put them in an branded enclosure. The part about the black front is either what Apple changes before they add them to Desktop systems or, that's how OEM Pioneers come. A normal retail unit comes with a cream colour front bezel and the colour clashes if your case is aluminum coloured. Other than the front bezel and "apple approved sticker" on the unit, everything else is a standard OEM unit. Your hardware profiler even tells you. haha If your running OSX, then all the applications will support this unit. However, i can't speak for any other brand. Pioneer was the only official model supported from the first day they installed a SuperDrive in a Desk-top machine. however... in a Powerbook the Superdrive is manufactured by Panasonic. This Panasonic unit, can't be brought on the open market, not even in Hong Kong... because i need a replacement.. and apple. Well, they want to charge their special Apple price! About HK$5,000 :o [/QUOTE]

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