Leaving a Disc in my SuperDrive?

Hi,
Is it better for my PowerBook SuperDrive to always leave a disc in it? I say this because whenever I wake my Mac or turn it on the drive makes a weird noise. It's not abnormal, it's just when a disc is inside it makes no noise at all.
Anyone know if it's OK to just always leave a disc in?
Regards,
Jamie

AFAIK, there's no problem with leaving a disk in, but
there's no reason. The noise you hear when waking the
computer is just the drive checking itself and making
sure it's ready to accept a disk; all 'books do it.
Thanks for the info, I just like no noise when I wake my Mac. Maybe I'm spoilt with the quietness of my Mac

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