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Apple's 16-Year-Old SuperDrive Now Out of Stock Worldwide, Likely Discontinued
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And right now is a great time to buy used CDs given the price, and there are so many records that never made it to streaming. I actually end up using my Superdrive fairly regularly.
I ripped some cds a couple weeks ago on my m1 air, with an external Sony blu-ray drive. You don't need this drive to rip.
Yup. Also the SuperDrive was not a standard USB drive and had problems working on non-Macs. Any other USB optical drive you buy will work on any computer.
SuperDrive is not worth acquiring outside of it being a novelty.
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Cassette tapes are analogue physical media, not digital
Yes and no. Latest reports say they are on track to release the SuperDrive 2 with the Thunderbolt 5 introduction. With 80 Gbps, it'll be able to burn a dual layer DVD in less than a second.
Just bought a new Denon CD-player since I never got rid of my collection like everyone else.
Bought a new Magic Trackpad for $50 the other week from amazon. Figure a USB-C version is coming but I don't care about the charging connection on it.
I sold off my entire collection my senior year of high school (97-98) about the time that MP3 started showing up in IRC channels; I saw what was quickly coming down the line.
Now I'm rebuying my cd collection.. 😆
I don't know why you would buy such out-dated tech when more modern external Blu-Ray UHD 4K drives/burners are available for a reasonable price.
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Guess I will get this one.
I forgot that I got the Sopranos dubbed in Japanese, and that I will be ripping the DVD's so I can have on my plex library.
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Apple used slot type drives. I always loved the way it would gently grab the disk and slide in. Very elegant. I still have one for the very few times I need to access a disk.
They didn't work for mini cd and dvd discs, though. We had a camcorder that recorded to mini-dvd.
Thanks. I needed a cheap one, I have a bunch of old CD Roms laying around and need to put them on the computer or in the cloud.
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I have one still, I got it when I got my first ever Mac. MacBook Air 2011 and SuperDrive still works fine though not used it for while. I used it lot years ago especially during my uni days back then and now it rare need it but I will keep it in case any reason pop up I need to use it.
I remember most DVD players for PC/Mac always need 2 cables, one for plug in computer and other for mains power. SuperDrive was one of very few only need 1 cable for it to work!
I remember most DVD players for PC/Mac always need 2 cables, one for plug in computer and other for mains power. SuperDrive was one of very few only need 1 cable for it to work!
Yes I was on the fence on that one. But you need a decider to listen to magnetic tape. You only need a needle and a piece of paper to listen to a record. And just a pair of eyes for a book. I wanted to make that distinction.
