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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
    • 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
        • *closed : FushigiDenki
  • 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