Confirmed: MacBook Air Superdrive Does Not work with other Macs
Today was a great day for me personally as my MacBook Air arrived from Apple and I've begun to put it through its paces (expect a full review very soon.). In addition to the MacBook Air, my MacBook Air external USB Superdrive also arrived today as well.
Naturally, being the curious sort I am, before I even plugged the Superdrive into the MBA, I decided to see if it would, in fact, work while attached to any of my other Macs. So, I attached it and gave it a try. I won't keep you in suspense, it didn't work. While the Superdrive was recognized in system profiler by name, when plugged into both my 24" iMac and my 15" MacBook Pro, the drive did not work.
In fact, it didn't even seem like it was getting any power at all and made no sound. It was only when finally plugged into the MBA's sole USB port did the drive come to life. After that, it worked flawlessly when attached to the MBA, as you would expect it to. So, if you were planning on using the MBA Superdrive on any other Mac, you're out of luck.
