Reviews for Apple USB SuperDrive

with all the product enhancements in the computers and the need for speed.The lack of the usb 3.0 interface. Plus the overdue addition of read/write of BlueRay Discs

This product works fine except that it is NOT region free.
It will play any DVD and switch to different country codes if needed but only
up to a total of 5 times. Then it will get stuck in the last region code and cannot be reset to play
any other region.
Useless when traveling to other countries since I had to buy (and haul) two of them.
What is the point of a laptop if you cannot travel with it unless you haul and pay for a bunch of extra stuff?
Apple simply said "sorry and nothing can be changed".

More folks need to complain about this BS please !!

I am a new Apple computer user, and I purchased a MacBook Air. I watch a lot of movies on my computer, and to play them, I purchased The USB Superdrive because I am a strong supporter of Apple products. This product did not live up to Apple quality. For movies, this device is extremely difficult to use. If the movie has a scratch on it, the entire computer will freeze and their is no easy way to eject the CD from the drive. Without a external eject button, it is hard to safely remove the disk. For the price, it's not worth the hassle.

Pros: looks nice, aluminum case (on the top), easy to setup and use.

Cons: is only compatible with the Mac Mini, MB Air, MBP w/ Retina, has no eject button on the unit nor the ability to manually eject it so if it malfunctions you can kiss your CD/DVD goodbye, the cord is hardwired into the unit so that you can't replace it (so if the cord breaks so does the SuperDrive), the cord is also incredibly short making it a pain to use with the laptop on your lap or in a confined area, substitute external disc drives cost $10-$40 less.

Overall: There are better alternatives with more functionality for less money. But... if you need to have everything Apple than this is your only choice.

Unless I am missing something, the superdrive requires a super close connection to the computer. I have 100 things that need to plug into my laptop via USB, and so I use hubs. But, the USB Superdrive will not function if plugged into a hub, even a powered one; not even a superpowered one.

So, it works, but I lose the use of 50% of my usb ports when I use it, and 95% of my USB functionality.

And, the cord is WAY too short. It's time to upgrade the unit to Thunderbolt and give it a daisy chain. If that costs too much, how about USB 3.0?

In any case, functional, but by no means award winning.

It seems to spit out about 50% to 60% of the DVDs and CDs. Some of the discs were brand new and the others were close to perfect. I bought a different, cheaper drive and haven't had a problem.

Not sure quite why but only some of my DVDs work with this drive. Plays software fine but when it comes to DVDs that is a new story. It is quite annoying as a student teacher who is trying to use educational material that i payed good money for and it doesn't work. Can't use my optical drive to play the material I want to use. My DVDs work on my old DVD player fine and in my PlayStation and also checked for scratches. So if you are using this to watch movies off of, don't bother because i fine only some of my movies work.

As for use and function this is something that should be included in a budget desktop or mobil computer model. Removing the internal Superdrive while a nifty idea for is OK but for others not a great idea.

I would have to agree with others in that the time to remove the internal card may have come for a mobil user who is after a very light mobil device, however there has been no reason to date to removing the Superdrive from the Mac Mini line. The current iMacs are advertised as sharing their internal Superdrive to the other Apple computers.

As far as looks go the unit is your typical Apple form and design to match the remaining products in the line up of current models. One major concern of the unit would be the USB cable and it's length. Having such a short cable requires the user to keep the Superdive extremely close to the machine one is using the device on. Was hoping to have this mounted under the desk or somewhere close to the keyboard and mouse for convenience but again apple does not design or look towards a user experience with an external device.

Overall the device does do what the old Superdrive did. I gave this a two star for no new advantages towards the trends Apple is currently headed. Improvements would be a longer cord as well as adding two Thunderbolt to daisy chain with the other devices for external storage.

It's not as easy as it should be to eject the disk because it doesn't include an eject button and the new computer doesn't include an eject button and I put a disk in to install software and can't get it out