Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
Compact and convenient, the MacBook Air SuperDrive connects to your MacBook Air computer with a single USB cable and fits easily into a travel bag. It lets you install software and play and burn both CDs and DVDs, including double-layer DVDs.
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Overview
The sleek, compact SuperDrive for MacBook Air.
Everything you need in an optical drive.
Whether you’re at the office or on the road with your MacBook Air, you can play and burn both CDs and DVDs with the MacBook Air SuperDrive. It’s perfect when you want to watch a DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more.
Take it anywhere.
Only slightly bigger than a CD case, the MacBook Air SuperDrive slips easily into your travel bag when you hit the road and takes up little space on your desk or tray table when you’re working.
The essence of simplicity.
You’ll never have to worry about lost cables with the MacBook Air SuperDrive. It connects to your MacBook Air with a single USB cable that’s built into the SuperDrive. There’s no separate power adapter, and it works whether your MacBook Air is plugged in or running on battery power.
What’s in the Box
- MacBook Air SuperDrive with attached USB cable
- User’s Guide
System Requirements
- MacBook Air computer
Technical Details
Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed
- Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
- Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
- Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
- Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
- Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
- Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
Dimensions
- Size: 5.47 x 5.47 x 0.67 inches; 139 x 139 x 17 mm
- Weight: 0.71 pounds; 320 grams
Most Recent Reviews
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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
WORST THING EVER!!!
Written by LG from orlando
Jun 5, 2009
I consider myself an apple fanatic, but this has to be by far the worst product I've ever bought from apple..
I've only use it tw…Read moreice, and both times it got the Cd's stuck and I'm still trying to get it out. Nothing works!!!(43 of 62 people found this review useful)
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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
worthless
Written by AC from GLENDALE
May 25, 2009
Connection frayed, used it three times.
(43 of 60 people found this review useful)
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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
why isn't there an eject button???
Written by MG from Foster City
Apr 21, 2009
I've had this for about six months, yet I only use it if it's absolutely necessary. Every time I used it, I had difficulty trying …Read moreto eject it. Now, the disk I put in is not even recognized by any MacBook Air, and I cannot eject the disk.
Why doesn't Apple put an eject button, or at least a little pinhole to manually force the disk to eject when problems occur??? This is a major problem.(161 of 198 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
One Trick Drive
Written by CK from Chicago
Jul 8, 2008
As an owner of a MacBook Air SuperDrive I have to say it is a good external drive, but it is a bad investment. If you only own a M…Read moreacBook Air, then this is the device for you. However, if you're like me and have access to a few other Macs, this drive is a dud.
But why?
Well, it only works with the Air. I can't use the drive with any other machine: MacBook, nope. iMac, nope. PowerMac G5, nope. Just the Air. Why would you care about my hardware problems? Well, here's my real-world example: the DVD drive died on my personal MacBook so I tried to use the Air SuperDrive instead. Useless. Wouldn't inject the disk. Yes, there's a lot of technical reasons for this, but the fact of the matter is that the drive shouldn't be dedicated to a single machine. Let's face it: in two years when you drop the machine and have to replace it, you'll discover that the drive won't work with the machine you've replaced it with. The MacBook Air hardware will change and render your external drive instantly obsolete.
If you only own an Air and need a battery-powered drive for watching movies on a plane (then again, if you have an Air, you probably have an iPhone and watch movies that way, but I digress...), I'd recommend this drive. However, for the rest of you out there, buy a third party USB drive that plugs into AC power and gain a whole lot of flexibility down the road. At least when you decide to change machines, you won't be stuck with a piece of hardware you can't use such as the myriad monitor adapters over the years (ADC, mini-DVI and now micro-DVI) and the Apple SCSI dock for the PowerBook Duo 210 (okay, I'm really, really old when it comes to Apple notebooks and have seen this many times before -- and never learned).(1269 of 1370 people found this review useful)
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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
Light and compact, but doesn't share well.
Written by WM from Haverhill
Feb 10, 2008
The MacBook Air SuperDrive is light and compact as advertised. It slides into a bag pocket and hardly adds any weight or bulk. A…Read morend it performs as advertised, quickly and quietly.
But, it consumes the MacBook Air's only USB port and works only with that one port -- it does not work with USB hubs! With no downstream ports of its own, you can't use your SuperDrive and any other USB device at the same time. Like a keyboard or mouse, or your iPhone or iPod, or a USB printer.
This is a remarkable oversight. But if you want to install Boot Camp or play DVDs, it's the only game in town.(1173 of 1518 people found this review useful)
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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive
USB HUB DEVICE
Written by DD
Mar 4, 2008
2300$ cash (CA$) for the new and beautiful MacBook Air + Superdrive, surprisedly my usb hub wont work with it...
PLEASE MR. JO…Read moreBS ASK YOUR R&D DEPARTEMENT TO DEVELOP A NEW USB HUB DEVICE...
I will pay any retail prices for that new device 40$ 100$ 150$, will be OK...
From a disappointed costumer.
(1002 of 1448 people found this review useful)
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