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MB Air Superdrive compatible w/ MB?

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Corbin3

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So I have a MB with only the Combo drive...

Is it safe to assume that the MB Air Superdrive that they came out with today is compatible with MacBook?

Thanks
 
Eidorian said:
Looks like USB only but it could get additional power over the headphone jack.
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I really doubt that. It's priced alongside standard USB powered external drives so chances are it's also USB powered.

Shoe fits, but you never know with Apple!
 
raggedjimmi said:
I really doubt that. It's priced alongside standard USB powered external drives so chances are it's also USB powered.

Shoe fits, but you never know with Apple!
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Which is why I want to see the connector first.

The audio out is right next to the USB. 😛
 
I would love for this to be compatible with a Macbook, but I'm not really getting my hopes up. I need an external drive that will do what a Superdrive will do, and picking one up from Apple will just make the task easier. I'm not worried about portability, so something else might suffice.

Either way, it'd be ridiculous for this to only work with the Macbook Air.
 
It just came to me that the new MacBook Air might have a special slightly out of spec super powered USB port just like the Aluminium iMacs. This would explain the single USB cable usage vs. the D-Bay connector that Dell has.
 
My macbook sometimes struggles with USB hard drives - it won't power them (even with a USB cable for data and a seperate one for power)

That is my concern for using the superdrive with a Macbook. I would love one though. Perhaps Apple is now going to allow more power to the USB ports on all new models.
 
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