Risks of taking out Superdrive

[valmorra]

Hello folks!

The Superdrive inside my Unibody MacBook late '08 recently died. Since I haven't really used it anyway and a replacement costs too much, I decided to just take it out to make my MacBook lighter.

Now are there any (longterm-)risks using a MacBook without anything inside the Superdrive slot?

Thank you very much,

- Val

 

[ChazB]

You risk not being able to install anything from CD/DVD. Other than that; maybe dust getting into the slot, but that shouldn't be a HUGE issue.

 

[orfeas0]

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Would it help the cooling of the macbook since it has more air inside? Or doesn't it matter?

 

[Dark Void]

Would it help the cooling of the macbook since it has more air inside? Or doesn't it matter?

probably not too much.

OP, you just have to be certain that you can go without installations via cd/dvd.

 

[Bkxmnr]

Actually, it's a great idea. You'll end up making room for an SSD.