What are the advantages of having a special USB port on the MacBook Air? May be that the USB connection can power the drive all by its lonesome and also that the Superdrive will be limited to use on the Air alone. That is the only headache with the notebook, otherwise, it is fabulous item that incorporates Intel’s 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo chip, means no compromise with the processor. If you are missing your internal CD/DVD drive, then you can only end up with buying an external USB powered one, which will cost you extra $99. May be, Apple is compromising that for the sake of thin size of notebook.
Via: EverythingUSB
