What Superdrive model is Apple shipping now?

Hey guys, just a quick question.
Is Apple shipping the new LG drive (HL-DT-ST DRVDRW GWA4080MA) in all new MacBook Pros? I'm curious because my MacBook Pro exhibits the rather excessively loud "thumping" sound when a disc is inserted and I've heard that it is just simply a characteristic of this drive.
I've basically already gotten my local Apple store to agree to an exchange, but I'm wondering if it's even worth the trouble if I know for sure I'm going to turn around and get the same type of drive.
Any ideas? Could any new recent MBP owners check and see what they have in their MBP? Thanks!
2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

My MBP C2D that shipped three weeks ago has an LG drive too. It's a French keyboard, but CocoaIdentityCard says it was built three months ago in Shanghai. I also have the loud thumping (2 or 3 "thumps"), but it doesn't seem to have any effect on CDs, DVDs, burning, reading, etc. I read in other forums that it's normal...I say, why fix what ain't broke?
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