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Lenovo ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Serial ATA Drive vs Lenovo ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA)

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  • 10specifications compared
  • 2differ
  • 8identical
  • 16known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA) has 50 ms more DVD drive average random access time than the Lenovo ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Serial ATA Drive (170 ms vs 120 ms). The Lenovo ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA) has 40 ms more CD-ROM drive average random access time than the Lenovo ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Serial ATA Drive (150 ms vs 110 ms).

  • DVD drive average random access time
    • ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Serial ATA Drive:120 ms
    • ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):170 ms
  • CD-ROM drive average random access time
    • ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Serial ATA Drive:110 ms
    • ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):150 ms

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Comparison of ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Slim Serial ATA Drive, ThinkPad DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA)
26 specifications
Designidentical
InternalYesYes
CertificationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceCE, CSA, TUV, UL, MIC, C-Tick, BSMI
Performanceidentical
Optical drive typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceDVD-ROM
InterfaceSerial ATASerial ATA
Drive device, buffer size2 MB2 MB
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed24x24x
CD-R read speed24x24x
CD-RW read speed24x24x
DVD+R read speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8x
DVD-R Double Layer read speed6x6x
DVD-R read speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8x
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source6x
DVD read speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8x
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one4xUnknown — not stated by the source
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one8xUnknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one6xUnknown — not stated by the source
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers120 ms170 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access timeDiffers110 ms150 ms
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5.04 in
DepthKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 in
HeightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.5 in
Other featuresidentical
Media types supportedCD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DLCD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one24xUnknown — not stated by the source
CD rewrite speedKnown for one24xUnknown — not stated by the source
CD-R write speedKnown for one24xUnknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW write speedKnown for one24xUnknown — not stated by the source

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