Complaint about DVD writer...

i think the weakness point of apple product especially macbook is on their DVD writer... i have been using Macbook since macbook unibody white colour, then change to Mac book pro 2.5 gb, then now i change again to macbook pro 2.9 ghz... and all of them my problem is always on the DVD writer... they stop functioning after like 1 year i owned each of my macbook... this happend again and again... i thought i have a bad luck with the dvd writer for my 1st macbook.. then after my 2nd macbook it happend again i still thinking it's a coincidence... but now not again !!!! my 3rd macbook dvd writer giving up again.... I am not an abusive type especially in using my DVD writer bec i didnt burn cd frequently... i didnt listen audio with cd/dvd....or i also didnt watch movie through dvd .... so i can consider myself not a frequent user of this dvd wirter but still it broken easily means that the quality of the DVD writer in Apple macbook is very very bad quality... can you do something to fix / change the manufacturer of ur DVD....i really really disappointed....
thank you

Thats because youre either
A: filling them with dust
B: mistreating them in loading a disk
The superdrive is made by Panasonic actually, and is very reliable.
new ones are only $39, by the way
Apple doesnt put DVD burners in ANY current Macbook , so its not even a concern (except for still carrying the older model macbook).
means that the quality of the DVD writer in Apple macbook is very very bad quality.
Actually having opened many of them, 9 times out of 10, its a dirty lens / dusty.
Theyre made very well.

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