DVDs/CDs come out jerky

I have a 4 day old black Macbook. Is it normal for CDs and DVDs to eject with a little stutter? They go in fine, but I get worried a bit when they come out less than smooth. Is this normal with new Macbooks and will it get smoother as I use it more?

My ibook had the same kind of hype. It was slow for cd's and dvd's to come out. I ended up eventually having to replace the optical drive because the discs ended up not coming out at all. I do find that even with the new drive, while the disc is in the machine it really isnt too quiet. Optical drive never seemed to be perfect.

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hi, hope some one can help me.
recently i put DVD in my ibook, but the DVD will come out...so i try few time, but it still auto eject the DVD.
Anyone know what is the Problem?

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Firmware Revision: DMP2
Interconnect: ATAPI
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CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
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DVDs/CDs come out jerky

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