MBA Superdrive and ibook G4

Hi. I think, based on what I've read elsewhere here, that I know the answer to this but want to be sure. I have the MBA SuperDrive. Bought it to upgrade to SL. Meanwhile, son's ibook G4 goes wonky and am doing a "clean" reinstall. Disc 1 is stuck in his G4 and can't get it to eject for insertion of Disce 2 [let alone 3 and 4]. Am wondering if rather than risk getting Disc 2 stuck - should I ever manage to get 1 out - can I use the MBA Superdrive in his G4. Think the answer is no. But...am ever optimistic. BTW, any suggestions on getting that disc out? Hope the drive hasn't died. Sigh. Thanks in advance!

Hi missquotable,
You are correct, the MacBook Air SuperDrive is only compatible with the MacBook Air and the 24" LED Cinema Display. I can't confirm it has compatibility with the 30" Cinema Display but I know it didn't work on my 23" Cinema Display.
Regarding the question, you can share the drive out to the iBook G4. If you upgrade the iBook G4 to at least OS X 10.4.11 (or higher) and ensure that the DVD & CD Sharing tool is installed you can share out the contents of the MacBook Air's SuperDrive across a WiFi network. It'll be slow, but it'll work.

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About to invest in a MBA tomorrow, just thinking about the external disk drive aka MBA Superdrive - is it worth getting one?
At this moment, I've no idea how much I might need one / not use it. But was working on the old cliche, it's better to have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it.
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Yes. I did say that my eMac, iMac, and iBook are all
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over the Linksys router. I believe the router is
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other two. IP addresses?
192.168.1.100 is what I would use to connect to the
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This is the iBook's IP, right? Again, fixed or DHCP?
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