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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Works as advertises at a good price

Written by RZ from Pittsburgh

Jun 19, 2008

This drive works as expected as a "SuperDrive", a DVD-burner at a great price; many would complain about the lack of additional functionality, or incompatibility with hubs, but remember this is advertised to just a DVD/CD drive at a very good price; many other companies charged 3-4x more for the same peripheral; Apple's nice on this one if you ask me. As with compatibility, this USB device's power requirements are out of spec, which means this devices draws more power than the standard USB protocol can allow. Even though hubs can be powered, the physical ports can't deliver more power than the spec! All those other drives have big bulky AC bricks--this one has just 1 USB connection--you can thank Apple for that!

This products works as it should, at an affordable price to most people, and delivers it with the ease and elegance expected from Apple.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Perfect for Macbook Air

Written by GG from Selinsgrove

Jun 15, 2008

Apple got this just right. Perfect small and sleek compact design. Works flawlessly. I have no problems with no more than one USB port on the Mac Air. I just plug this in for a CD installation or to burn some CDs/DVDs.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Fast and works perfect

Written by JW from Elkridge

Dec 13, 2008

I use these all the time for installs in my business and they work great. Others have posted that they seem slow, but thy are not. the programs they mentioned are HUGE installs. It is definitely faster than the CD/DVD network share. I wish it worked with other Mac computers, but I do understand it needs the upped power of the MacBook Air's unique USB Bus.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Compact, portable... only for MacBook Air?

Written by JR from New Brighton

Mar 22, 2008

I love the design of this drive. It works well, it's thin, the price is right... it only works for the MacBook Air. Hmm...

Okay, I know millions of Mac and Windows users would would pay out the nose to get a drive like this. The price is around the same as other portable optical drives, and it's very travel-friendly. Maybe some people want to copy discs, or multitask by burning more than one disc at a time.

It would be nice if this drive worked with other computers instead of just the Air. Still, wonderful product.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Amazing

Written by MU from PITTSBURGH

Mar 16, 2008

This SuperDrive is great. Fast, Quite, and Sleek.

The reason it will not work on a USB Hub is that the USB port on the MacBook Air is special. It's designed to pump out a lot more juice then a normal USB port. Anyone complaining that it takes up the only USB port, well, tough luck. The MacBook Air was designed for people working in an almost completely wireless environment. Its state of the art technology and minimalist design is hopefully what more and more computers will start looking like as we make a transition to all wireless connections.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Great peripheral

Written by CJ from Knivsta

Nov 6, 2008

I'll start by stating that I'm not part of the "USB-junkie" mob. The Air has a built-in trackpad and keyboard, and my Airport Extreme + USB-hub can provide unlimited ports for external disks and printers. Simply put, the Macbook Air Superdrive is the only thing that occasionally puts my sole USB-port to use, and performance-wise it's indiscernable from a built-in Superdrive. I'm very pleased and content with my purchase, and so will anyone be as long as they put the Macbook Airs wireless capabilities to good use.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Exactly Right

Written by IM from Carrboro

Mar 4, 2008

I picked up one of these when I got my MacBook Air almost a month ago, and it sat on my desk, unused. The other day, I needed to reinstall my virtual machine, so I dug out my XP CD, and plugged this thing in, and it worked great.

While it would be nice if it would work through a hub, I just ran a USB extension cable out of the MacBook Air, and can unplug my hub from that, and plug this in, so it works out fine.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

USB?

Written by RS from stoke on trent

Mar 11, 2008

The person who wrote the review about the person whom made the product is an idiot, obviously has no knowledge. This drive is intended for the macbook air usb, not any other laptop or computer, therefore look else where if you want an external drive. However, if you have a macbook air this is a stunning product, the design in flawless and it beautiful. Its fit for its purpose therefore I will give it 5 stars!

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Best of the best!

Written by PC from Sandwich

Feb 20, 2008

I think this Superdrive is the best accessory for my macbook air i've burned like 10 discs in the few days i've had it and it works great its fast and i reads DVDs unbelievably! i love this product!

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Very Pleased...

Written by RV from Jessup

Feb 20, 2008

I am very pleased with it. works very well with my Air, and hardly emits any noise.
I knew that it wouldent work with my other macs because since it runs off of the usb, theres a different amount of power needed for it.

Thanks Apple, Kudos!

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Follow the Instructions, please

Written by JJ from Atlanta

Jul 25, 2009

I connected the new SuperDrive through Kensington PocketHub Mini 2.0 and it did not accept the CD-RW. When I connected it directly to MacAir it worked like a champ! It makes sense to read Instructions carefully. A beautifully designed accessory,
JJ, Atlanta

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

A jewel!!!

Written by RP from SAN ANTONIO

Apr 17, 2008

MacBook Air is the perfect laptop, and the SuperDrive makes it even more. My MacBook Air is not a travel computer anymore, its a perfect desktop machine.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

New design

Written by DG from Spring

Mar 21, 2008

It's beautiful and I love it but you could add some features to it like two USB an Firewire ports on each side because people keep complaining it doesn't work with a USB hub. It's either that or make your own hub.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Perfect as is.

Written by DW from Sacramento

Feb 25, 2008

Its a great compact drive to use with your MacBook Air does exactly as it should. Not sure why people think it should do more, its called the SuperDrive which is the Apple name for CD / DVD drives on all the other Macs.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Never had a problem

Written by MP from Anchorage

Jul 1, 2009

I use it all the time for the MBA and have never experienced any problems with it. Works every time I use the eject command. Not sure what everyone else is doing or not doing to get it to eject, but mine is just fine every time.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Worked Great Right Out of the Box!

Written by CB from Dallas

Aug 14, 2009

I received it, took it out of the box, plugged it in to my Air, inserted a CD and it recognized it no problem. It immediately showed up on my desktop. And ejecting it was a total non-issue! I pressed the "eject" button on the Air (to the right of F12) and it promptly ejected the CD! Every time I have used it, it has worked perfectly fine.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Macbook air super drive

Written by NG from Tampa

Sep 17, 2009

I don`t know how anyone can give the superdrive less then 4 stars it works great and flawless the only reason I give it 4 stars is because I think 100.00 dollars for it is kinda high buy it and u will be happy.

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Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive

Why not bluetooth?

Written by JP from Tacoma

Apr 1, 2008

I think this product is great, i mean, have you ever seen a cd dvd reader/writer that is this small? i haven't.
But the thing is that a lot of people do use a flashdrive a printer and need a cd at the same time. it is impossible to print something directly from a flashdrive without a wireless printer, which isn't always available. You can't multi task either. what of you needed to move your presentation to a flash drive, then print something while reading a file on a cd. That would be horrible if you had to get it done quickly. I think a bluetooth or wi-fi cd drive would be perfect for a computer that's supposed to be wireless. or maybe a wireless usb hub (maybe one about the same size to remind someone of a shuffle?).

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