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I subtracted one star due to the fact that the aluminumlook plastic case had several poorly finished edges on the bottom of the drive

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Update in case people would like to know the specific drive mechanism used mine is a matshita aka matsushitapanasonic uj857g with firmware z111

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Clearly any compatible drive mechanism may be used in any given unit

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It doesnt come with a disc drive

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I guess apple chose aesthetics over necessity disc drive

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The design doesnt stick out like a soar thumb next to my imac

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I have only used it a few times so far to play dvds and make copies onto verbatim 4

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Again it will be all personal family movies vacation memories etc no copyright infringement