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Dr. McKay

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Jan 20, 2010
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I want to buy an external DVD-drive for my MBA but since I will only use it from time to time, I don't want to fork out that much money for a genuine Apple drive.

So I started looking for alternatives and found this :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasic...qid=1382007852&sr=8-1&keywords=amazon+usb+dvd

According to user reviews, it works on Mountain Lion no problem. My question however is whether it will work when I plug it into my USB2 hub instead of directly into the MBA. I've heard that Apple's own drive only works when you plug it into the USB-port on the right hand side of the MBA.
Can anyone confirm this ?
 
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I can't confirm it will work but it should.

Coincidently I bought this yesterday for my MBP!

CLICKY

So far I am very impressed with it for the cost!
 
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