Will a apple superdrive support a macbook air running 10.5.8?

Hi, I have recently purchased a macbook air 1.1 and the software it is running is 10.5.8 and in order to update further, I need to install a snow leopard dvd, however as I dont have a dvd drive I wondered if the superdrive would be compatible with my current software as a lot of other things dont seem to be!
Thanks in advance
Tom

Yes, it will.
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