Product Description

Whether you're at the office or on the road with your MacBook Air, you can play and burn both CDs and DVDs with the MacBook Air SuperDrive. It's perfect when you want to watch a DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more. Only slightly bigger than a CD case, the MacBook Air SuperDrive slips easily into your travel bag when you hit the road and takes up little space on your desk or tray table when you're working. It connects to your MacBook Air with a single USB cable that's built into the SuperDrive. There's no separate power adapter, and it works whether your MacBook Air is plugged in or running on battery power.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1558 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MB397G/A
• Released on: 2008-01-24
• Dimensions: .71 pounds

Features

• SuperDrive designed for the MacBook Air allows DVD/CD burning and playing
• Built-in USB cable never gets lost or misplaced
• Slot-loading, sleek design complements MacBook Air
• Requires MacBook Air with available USB 2.0 port
• Device measures 5.47 x 0.67 x 5.47 inches (WxHxD)

Amazon.com Product Description

The Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive offers: An external SuperDrive that complements the look of the MacBook Air. Attached USB cord that will never be lost or forgotten. Sleek, easily portable design.

The Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive is the perfect complement for the new, sleek MacBook Air. You can read and write CDs and DVDs, and it is perfect for watching a DVD movie, installing software, backing up your data, and more.

Read and write DVDs and CDs on your MacBook Air.

Burn and Play CDs and DVDs
The new Apple MacBook Air is thin and beautiful, and is able to do tricks such as borrow the optical drive of another computer on a network. But sometimes you need an optical drive on the go, and that's where the Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive comes in. Made by Apple with a design to complement the MacBook Air perfectly, the MacBook Air SuperDrive connects to your MacBook Air with a built-in USB cable you'll never lose. No extra power adapters are needed, as the SuperDrive simply draws power from the USB connection itself, regardless of whether or not your MacBook Air is plugged in.

The SuperDrive features speedy performance, writing DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed, and DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed.

Small Size for Easy Portability
The MacBook Air SuperDrive employs a slot-loading design that makes it miniscule--barely larger than a CD case. You can easily drop the MacBook Air SuperDrive into your bag and take it everywhere you go. Now you can enjoy a DVD movie while on the plane or you can burn onto a CD that song you've been working on while you were on the tour bus.

What's in the Box
MacBook Air SuperDrive with attached USB cable, user's guide.

Customer Reviews

Light as air
I did not look for alternatives. Though this product is expensive, it is a lifestyle companion to Macbook Air.

not good at all...
Have you ever seen the clip from madtv about a bunch of people adoring Steve Jobs, and crying everytime he open his mouth? I'm that kind of people, I love Mac, fanatically. But in this case after been with the air and the 'superdrive' for some months now, really is not worth the price and effort. I have a multiple hub, and so I have no problem with the only usb provided. But everytime one of my students bring something in a cd, I have to disconnect everything, 'cause this thing only works directly attached to the macbook air. Besides about two weeks later the cable started to peel from the unit!.
If apple says I only do need one usb port I believe it. I can live without firewire. And maybe they are absolutely true about cds and dvds being obsolete when there are usb drives with 5gb in the size of a nail. But the thing with the superdrive is that is made to be annoying. Really does not solve any problem, itself is the problem. And at the end I'm going to buy a sony just for functionality. If you are thinking in it, skip it. Heresy on my behalf!!!!! forgive me Apple!!!!! aaggghhhhh -a thunder strikes!!!......-

Great device for the MacBook Air
I purchased this when I ordered my MacBook Air simply because I wanted the back-up security in case it was difficult to install programs through my iMac. I have used it consistently since that time and find it to be a perfectly adequate product. In fact, I would recommend it to anyone who purchases the MacBook Air. It is lightweight and almost as portable as the Air. Definitely recommended.