SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)

E943620

SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) is Apple’s internal optical disc drive capable of reading and writing both DVD-R and CD-RW media, commonly used in early 2000s Macs like the iMac G4.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple hardware component
optical disc drive
alsoKnownAs Apple SuperDrive NERFINISHED
capableOf burning audio CDs
burning data CDs
reading CD-ROM media
reading CD-RW media
reading DVD-R media
reading audio CDs
writing CD-RW media
writing DVD-R media
category computer storage device
optical storage
contrastedWith Combo Drive NERFINISHED
designedFor Apple Macintosh computers NERFINISHED
formFactor internal drive
interface ATAPI
IDE
introducedInPeriod early 2000s
manufacturer Apple Inc.
marketedFeature CD rewriting capability
DVD authoring capability
mediaTypeSupported CD-R
CD-RW
DVD-R
positionInProductLine higher-end optical drive option
replaced CD-only drives in Macs
replacedBy download and streaming distribution
flash storage-based distribution
status discontinued
successor Apple USB SuperDrive NERFINISHED
supportedBySoftware Disk Utility GENERATED
iDVD GENERATED
iTunes GENERATED
targetUseCase DVD video creation
data backup
music CD burning
software distribution
usedIn Power Mac G4 NERFINISHED
Power Mac G5 NERFINISHED
PowerBook G4 NERFINISHED
eMac NERFINISHED
early Intel-based Mac mini
early Intel-based iMac
iMac G4 NERFINISHED
usedWithOperatingSystem Mac OS 9 NERFINISHED
Mac OS X NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple eMac opticalDrive SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
this entity surface form: SuperDrive
iMac G4 opticalDrive SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)