I think it starting doing this for CDs sooner than it did for DVDs (more powerful laser?), but I can't recall for certain. When I say 'stopped working,' I mean that it wouldn't recognize a disc: I'd insert the disc, it would spin around a little, make some chugging noises, but then spit it back out. D I think), experienced a long, slow decline in its performance, and finally it stopped working altogether. The SuperDrive on my MacBook Pro (circa 2007, rev.