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by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Jan 23, 2008 10:35pm PST

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LOL, the macbook air superdrive will ONLY work on the mac book air

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/confirmed-macbook-air-superdrive-does-not-work-with-other-machi/

Jan 24, 2008 10:08am PST

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LOL, the macbook air superdrive will ONLY work on the mac book air http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/... : mattfl
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  I don't know Apple so pardon me for a second but.... It's named the MacBook Air Superdrive, and people... : Phreakin
  - Because it's just a standard external usb slot load cdrom drive, but apple has done something to the macb... : mattfl
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    I'm gonna guess that there's no reason it shouldn't work on other apple products besides apple being gree... : edgewise
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      no, it won't work on other systems because their USB ports can't push enough power to power an optical dr... : Prozium
      
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      Why is their drive special and cannot get enough power from those ports when 3rd party drives exist that ... : FushigiDenki
      
      ^^ this is just Apple being Apple. : deject
      
      Yeah, there's no engineering excuse for this at all. It's 1980's-style lockdown nonsense, plain and simp... : eldersveld
      
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      please show me a USB powered 8x dvd burner. : Prozium
      
      http://www.hartware.de/press_5192.html : eldersveld
      
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      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106097 : FushigiDenki
      
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      read the reviews. External power is recommended for burning, even when using a Y-cable to pull power fro... : Prozium
      
      Any burner will suck power, so if you're drawing it from your laptop's battery, of course an external sou... : eldersveld
      
      You guys are missing the point. Has nothing to do with any of this shit. : stuka
      
      do what every other portable drive does, use 2 usb ports. Then this drive would work on nearly every comp... : re4ctor
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      greedy? if they were greedy, they'd have it work on all computers not just the one... and it's not like you can't use any other external drive on the MBA.
      
      Jan 24, 2008 10:30am PST
      
      greedy? if they were greedy, they'd have it work on all computers not just the one... and it's not like... : Korban
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    xbox controllers work on pc's lol : Trips
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      Hence why I said other systems. IE: PS3/Wii, etc : Phreakin
      
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      That's way different, they are not able to make drivers for their devices on close competing hardware. : FushigiDenki
      
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  - i'm kinda with you on this. why is it a big deal that it doesn't work on other machines? it'd be a big ... : Korban
  - Simple: Apple is trying to kill physical media. They want to force everyone to do everything through iTun... : stuka
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  They could easily release an AC adapter splitter or some kind of gadget to make it work I bet. : Halen
  - Unless they're doing wacky stuff with drivers, someone could probably build a 3rd-party adapter. Might e... : Arcanum
  - They could, but design-wise, it doesn't really look good. It's probably something Steve (or someone along... : dmason
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  I know of at least two other burners that'll work from single usb ports (Samsung slot loader, Lenovo tray... : d fluke
  - it's apple, what do you expect! : mattfl
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  Fuck the Air, I sold my iMac to get some updated Macbook Pro awesomeness and this is the shit they shovel... : Super Sparker
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    The MacBook Pro doesn't have a superdrive? : dmason
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      The point of the story is he wanted an updated Macbook Pro to be announced, not a shit hole Macbook Air : pancake humper
      
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      Are there going to be anymore announcements from Apple this year? Any possibility of iPhone 2? : FushigiDenki
      
      Probably this summer. : dmason
      
      should be more announcements at the wwdc. : re4ctor
      
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      Most likely June is what the rumors are saying for the "revised" iPhone. These next 6-7 months would be a... : pancake humper
      
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      I want a update to the mb and mbp, or at least a price reduction. We pay $200 more for the same product c... : re4ctor
      
      Well, I want a jetski, but alas, I don't get one. : dmason
      
      Ah, I see. I thought he had gotten a MacBook Pro already. : dmason

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