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Anyone here buy the SuperDrive for your MBA?
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I bought a used one off eBay for under $50
I figured for the price it wasn't bad and I'd have it in case I wanted to burn a CD. Not that I do that often but you never know. Compared to various aftermarket drives none that I've seen looks as cool as the superdrive. The fact that it's aluminum just like my MBA is a big +
I figured for the price it wasn't bad and I'd have it in case I wanted to burn a CD. Not that I do that often but you never know. Compared to various aftermarket drives none that I've seen looks as cool as the superdrive. The fact that it's aluminum just like my MBA is a big +
Nope, and I don't really plan to. In the 9 months I've had my MBA, I haven't once had a need for an optical drive. And in the rare instance I will, Remote Disc will work just fine 
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I got it just in case
I got it just in case
Nope. I have no use for one at all. I don't think I've ever used the superdrive in my MacBook Pro and it seems even less likely that I'd want one for my MacBook Air.
I bought it when i bought my first MacBook Air a long time ago, i think i used it 3 times in the last 1.5 years.
I bought one 3.5 years ago with my original MacBook Air, but primarily use it to install Windows and my applications on my Boot Camp partition whenever I get a new MacBook Air. Since there's no real equivalent to Migration Assistant built into Windows, it can be useful there. Since I have it, I also use it occasionally to encode a CD or DVD, but that's pretty rare.
It's nice to have around the house, but I rarely use it and never travel with it.
It's nice to have around the house, but I rarely use it and never travel with it.
Nope, and I don't really plan to. In the 9 months I've had my MBA, I haven't once had a need for an optical drive. And in the rare instance I will, Remote Disc will work just fine
Remote disc was my original intention but you can't burn / create audio disc via iTunes this way can you?
Yeah, I bought one last year. I can't remember why....I'm sure there was a specific reason, which is now lost to history. It was probably to re-install the OS on something.
Not only do I not remember why I bought it, I don't think I used it beyond the initial reason.
Not only do I not remember why I bought it, I don't think I used it beyond the initial reason.
I thought I needed it to install Windows 7 in Bootcamp, turn out I didn't. But now I've found some good cheap boxed software in Amazon, and I moved my audio collection to my MBA, so being able to install software from CDs or burn music CDs are reasons to keep it.
I got it because I want to use the Air as my only laptop and do not want to have to use another laptop for CD/DVD sharing if I want to install something (Mac Office maybe), watch a DVD or rip a CD to my Air. And I bought it over a cheaper option because I had previously heard murmurs of problems with non Apple superdrives.
Not sure. I keep my music on my iPhone. I haven't tried burning a CD yet from my MBA, so I can't answer that question. Sorry.
I use mine quite a bit to load iwork keynote, office and burn audio disks for another car and boat.
