External dvd drive works fine, why get a Super drive?

[supernet33]

So I have a $40.00 External dvd drive and it works perfect with my MBA.
Why do people spend $100.00 on an Apple drive?

 

[mhnajjar]

1) It matches the coolness of Apple products.
2) It is slot-loading!
3) They do not like mixing brands!!
4) They got it cheaper than retail price!!!
5) Many other reasons!

After all, they all work the same for the MBA

 

[McGilli]

For me it was i didn't have a super slim external dvd drive that draws its power from the USB port.

(needed slim and no extra power cable to fit in my briefcase with the MBA)

 

[11800506]

I guess for most people it's convenient to just buy all the components when they're getting their machine. Also because it looks good.

 

[Mactagonist]

So I have a $40.00 External dvd drive and it works perfect with my MBA.
Why do people spend $100.00 on an Apple drive?

because I was an idiot.

I have used it all of 4 times since I bought it with my Rev A when they first came out.

 

[tubbymac]

So I have a $40.00 External dvd drive and it works perfect with my MBA.
Why do people spend $100.00 on an Apple drive?

Why do people spend $40 on an external DVD drive?

Haven't needed one so far on my MBA and I don't see myself ever needing one.

 

[supernet33]

Why do people spend $40 on an external DVD drive?

Haven't needed one so far on my MBA and I don't see myself ever needing one.

I had one laying around..

Also when I tired to reinstall leopard on remote disk, i was getting kernal panics

 

[dudeitsjay]

because I was an idiot.

I have used it all of 4 times since I bought it with my Rev A when they first came out.

Why do people spend $40 on an external DVD drive?

Haven't needed one so far on my MBA and I don't see myself ever needing one.

+1 to both those guys.
Newegg search dvd burner slims and you'll find plenty under $75. But you should really be asking yourself if the MBA is right for you. I hardly ever touch optical drives anymore, and the one or two times I had, the remote disc was more than adequate.

 

[mhnajjar]

I mainly got it for installing Windows 7 on my revB MBA!

However, I was lucky enough to get it for $49.99 at BestBuy as an open box without a single scratch!!! It was hidden behind 3 sealed ones!

I do not like Windows, but it is fun to test the W7 on the MBA since I have Vista on my 24" iMac for gaming.

 

[r6girl]

Unless this was changed recently and I missed it, no other DVD drive brand/type will be recognized by iDVD, preventing you from burning DVD's you create in it if you don't have the official MacBook Air Superdrive by Apple.

 

[fteoath64]

I mainly got it for installing Windows 7 on my revB MBA!

Yeah, found out that Remote Disk not supported under VirtualBox for Win7 install. Bummer, the MBP running RC1 of Win7 is pretty sweet under BootCamp, except that it needed a mouse to operate!. The trackPad is almost unusable on Win7...

 

[Airforcekid]

Cause it looks cool did I buy a mac for any other reason?

 

[mcpryon2]

Probably for the same reason people buy something to drink at the gas station instead of hunting for a machine...they're already there buying something, it's convenient, one thing leads to another.

 

[darrellishere]

because my external slot loading blu-ray drive isnt recodnised by my air on bootup

 

[1rottenapple]

True good point. I am a money saver like the OP so I bought my air superdrive on ebay for $50

 

[ZunePod]

SuperDrive is thinner, and USB-powered; it just matches

 

[Chundles]

Unless this was changed recently and I missed it, no other DVD drive brand/type will be recognized by iDVD, preventing you from burning DVD's you create in it if you don't have the official MacBook Air Superdrive by Apple.

Burning to an external drive was a feature of iLife '06, possibly even '05.