I too use the Apple SuperDrive and I am happy with it. One advantage it may have over other third party drives is that the keyboard eject key will work with the Apple drive; this may not be the case with other drives. With others you have to drag the icon of the disc to the Trash to affect an Eject.
On a Mac since 1984.
Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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