If you didn't notice, Apple's SuperDrive does NOT have a detachable cable, so it's more cumbersome than others to store and pack for travel.
Good point....however neither does it have a separate power supply which could be even more of a travel/packing pain in the patoot. So, for a laptop, it sounds like "pick your poison" but for a desktop, not an issue.
And the cable is quite short (I have mine on an extension cable) and, if I recall correctly, the SuperDrive must be plugged into the computer's USB port, not a port on a dock or the keyboard.
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.
