Power supply and optical drive compatibility

My wife has an original MacBook Air.  I just bought the new 2011 model.  Are the power suppplies/connectors and add-on optical drives interchangeable?  Thank you.

I have both as well.  I can only promise that the Apple external Superdrive works on both.
Regards,
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