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Hey, does any external disk drive/optical drive work with the Retina MacBook Pro?

The only reason I ask is that I'm not sure the cheaper drives support USB 3.0.

Thanks in advance.
 
Hey, does any external disk drive/optical drive work with the Retina MacBook Pro?

The only reason I ask is that I'm not sure the cheaper drives support USB 3.0.

Thanks in advance.
You can use USB 2.0 with the rMBP.
 
Hey, does any external disk drive/optical drive work with the Retina MacBook Pro?

The only reason I ask is that I'm not sure the cheaper drives support USB 3.0.

Thanks in advance.

usb 2.0 devices work with 3.0. so any portable dvd drive will work.
 
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