<story><title>How to forcibly eject a CD/DVD from a MacBook Air USB SuperDrive</title><url>http://blog.jgc.org/2011/11/how-to-forcibly-eject-cddvd-from.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ender7</author><text>There was a similar issue with older Macbook (and Powerbook) laptops, where certain drives would occasionally refuse to eject a disk. The solution at the time was to insert a piece of folded-up paper into the slot, jamming the disk in place. When you booted the machine, the drive would try to spin the disk up, fail, and then eject it. The timing was hard, since you had to get your makeshift paper jam out of the way as well.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to forcibly eject a CD/DVD from a MacBook Air USB SuperDrive</title><url>http://blog.jgc.org/2011/11/how-to-forcibly-eject-cddvd-from.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>petenixey</author><text>Slight deviation but I&apos;m seeing a telling pattern among my friends which is that after making the jump to a Macbook two or three years ago because of their great experience with the iPod they&apos;ve now reached the time when it starts needing new parts.&lt;p&gt;Because the batteries and hard drives are so crazily expensive I see them making the decision that it&apos;s cheaper to buy a new PC (possibly even a nice light netbook) then replace the battery / hard drive on their Apple.&lt;p&gt;Before they&apos;d made the jump I&apos;d encourage them to switch because they hadn&apos;t yet &quot;experienced&quot; Apple. Now that they&apos;re making an informed decision I can&apos;t argue with their reasoning for switching back.&lt;p&gt;Apple&apos;s upfront premium pricing is defensible and sensible but their aftersales costs are doing everyone including them a lot of damage.</text></comment>