Saturday September 30, 2006

- Unlocking the full potential of your Mac Pro's Sony DW-D150A - Lionel - 20:47:28

The MacPro is often delivered with a Sony DW-D150A SuperDrive, which does not officially exist.



After endless searching and taking a large risk, we discovered that it is in fact a NEC ND-4570.
In XP (as it is not possible under OS X), we succeeded in in returning it to its original identity, which accelerated the reading and writing speed of CDs and added support for DVD-RAM.
You can read it all at the following:
http://www.hardmac.com/articles/62/
[Update] We have modified the article. Flashing now works in OS X :) (Thanks Andy)

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- Fanning the Flames - Lionel - 19:50:29

We're sorry for those who have been holding their breath for weeks awaiting the possible renewal of the MacBook Pro range. This announcement from Denis will not make things easier :)

Just to let you know that I just returned from the Apple Store in London, where they have discounted the MacBook Pro!
There is a 150 to 200 Pound reduction from the standard price... Are the MBPs based on the Meron arriving??? ;-)

In Euros, the discount varies from 220 to 300.

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- Macbidouille Group Photo - GuyG4 - 16:43:04

Here is the photo of the "Macbidouilleurs" and "MacBidouilleuses" who came to see us at the Apple Expo this year.
In a few weeks, we will have another version to show you, which I made into a Panorama with a Hasselblad XPan. We will be making it into a large banner. It will be useful to use for the expo stand next year.




If you would like a much bigger (and better) version, click here (Attention: for those of you on dial-up, it is 1.4 Megs)

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